[IP] BROADBAND FIRMS FIGHT FOR PREMIUM TREATMENT
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 21, 2005 10:35:40 AM EST
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] BROADBAND FIRMS FIGHT FOR PREMIUM TREATMENT
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BROADBAND FIRMS FIGHT FOR PREMIUM TREATMENT
[SOURCE: Technology Daily, AUTHOR: David Hatch]
AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon Communications are fiercely lobbying to
retain language in a pending House telecommunications bill that would
permit them to offer premium tiers of high-speed Internet service
favoring their content. The draft bill, floated recently by
Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, contains
"network neutrality" provisions intended to prohibit telecom and
cable companies from blocking or impeding competitors on their high-
speed networks. But the draft makes an exception for companies to
offer multiple tiers, resulting in potentially faster transmission
rates for them and slower speeds for competitors. "Do you want the
Internet ... of the last 10 years, or do you want it to look like a
cable system?" asked Gerry Waldron, an attorney representing a
coalition of Internet companies. "They're fooling around with the
basic DNA of the Internet here," added Art Brodsky, a spokesman for
Public Knowledge. "What they're trying to do is make it their
Internet." The coalition members said they recognize that
communications carriers have a right to manage their networks to
carry bandwidth-hungry video without interruption.
<http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb-
TMKJ1135117419682.html>
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