Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality may prove to be the first piece of regulation for the internet. The bill is designed to make it easier for telecom companies to offer tv programming over web connections. The legislation is to prevent a two tiered internet, and to prevent the loss of revenue for cable companies to lay out expnsive fiber optic cables.

"Unless the Senate steps in, this vote marks the beginning of the end of the Internet as an engine of new competition, entrepreneurship and innovation," said Consumers Union policy analyst Jeannine Kenney.

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