Once again, Net neutrality legislation failed to make its way through Congress.
Rep. Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, said Sept. 29 that Republican support was lacking for his legislation. Therefore, it is highly unlikely the bill would be passed before election day.
“This development is a loss for consumers and a gain only for the extremes,” said Waxman, D-Calif. “We need to break the deadlock on net neutrality so that we can focus on building the most open and robust Internet possible.”
The bill, which Waxman said had the support of Internet service providers, public interest groups and technology companies, was an interim measure in the wake of the FCC losing much of its authority to regulate Web traffic.
The legislation would have restored the commission’s authority to prevent blocking of Web content, forbid unreasonable discrimination and called for the FCC to issue transparency rules for broadband providers. The bill also would have prevented wireless carriers from blocking websites and services that compete with its voice and video communications services.
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