Fergie's Tech Blog

'Clear And Present Danger' For Telecom Reform Bill

Roy Mark writes on internetnews.com:

Big tech urged Congress today to stop telephone and cable operators from extending their market power over broadband access to broadband content.

Speaking at the first hearing on the House Republicans' new telecom reform effort, Paul Misener, Amazon's vice president for Global Public Policy, told lawmakers the lack of an effective network neutrality clause in the legislation represents a "clear and present danger" to Internet content choice.

"The phone and cable companies are going to fundamentally alter the Internet in America unless Congress acts to stop them," Misener testified. "They have the market power, technical means and regulatory permission to control American consumers' access to broadband Internet content, and they've announced their plans to do so."

posted by Fergie @ 3/30/2006 03:30:00 PM