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congress passes telecom bill, breaks internet   06.09.2006, 2:29 AM

The benighted and corrupt U.S. House of Representatives, well greased by millions of lobbying dollars, has passed (321-101) the new telecommunications bill, the biggest and most far-reaching since 1996, "largely ratifying the policy agenda of the nation's largest telephone companies" (NYT). A net neutrality amendment put forth by a small band of democrats was readily defeated, bringing Verizon, Bell South, AT&T and the rest of them one step closer to remaking America's internet in their own stupid image.

Posted by ben vershbow at 02:29 AM | Comments (4) | TrackBack
tags: congress , internet , legislation , net_neutrality , network , network_freedom , telecommunications