AP: Dem Win Good for Net Neutrality

vague_ascetic writes: "On Monday, October 23, 2006, the AP published an article claiming that a Democratic controlled Congress would be a big plus for proponnents of Net Neutrality, and that the corporate owners of the Net's infrastructure were opposed to it:

The issue pits those companies — including AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. — against a well-organized grass roots campaign that is joined by some of the nation's biggest Internet success stories, such as Google and eBay.

Net neutrality advocates say the "Internet's First Amendment" is at stake. They argue that if those who run the network are allowed to discriminate against Web traffic based on which sites pay them the most, it will strangle the Internet's freewheeling, democratic nature.

John Dunbar-AP, "'Net Neutrality' Would Be Democrats' Pet", Washington Post, October 23, 2006

The article also names some of the beltway pols who matter; current Republican Chairs in the House:

• Rep. Joe Barton, (R-Texas), Chair, House Energy and Commerce Committee
• Rep. Fred Upton, (R-Mich), Chair, Internet and Technology subcommittee

and their respective Democratic replacements, should they win:

• Rep. John Dingell, (D-Mich)
• Rep. Ed Markey, (D-Mass)

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