New 'Net Neutrality' Bill Introduced

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 13, 2008 @11:11AM from the politics-the-fastest-way-to-foul-something-up dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Reps Ed Markey (D-MA) and Chip Pickering (R-MS) introduced the 'Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008' (HR 5353) this week. The proposed legislation [PDF] would not legislate what is and is not 'neutral'. Instead, it would add a section to the 'Broadband Policy' section of the Communications Act which spells out principles the FCC is expected to uphold, in addition to having them hold summits which would 'assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues related to broadband Internet access services' and make it easy for citizens to submit comments or complaints online."

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Re:Non news by Brian+Gordon · 2008-02-13 12:02 · Score: 0, Troll

That's a pretty stupid parliament-man or whatever you call them over there, then. That less than 1% is the only part of their constituency that cares enough about the issues to mail in letters. As long as that 1% doesn't raise enough public awareness, the rest of the voters aren't going to care. That one letter counts for one vote.