Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Net-Neutrality Backers, Telcos Spar Over Stimulus' Broadband Rules | Epicenter from Wired.com

If telecoms are to get $4 billion in stimulus funds for broadband that enables Facebook for farmers and netbooks for mountain men, then the feds must require the new networks to be open and nondiscriminatory, public interest groups told federal bureaucrats Monday.

By contrast, representatives of nation's telecoms asked "Won't someone think of the economy?" — protesting to Commerce Department officials that attaching conditions to the cash would make it even less enticing to bring broadband to Americans stuck with only dialup or expensive satellite connections.
Net-Neutrality Backers, Telcos Spar Over Stimulus' Broadband Rules | Epicenter from Wired.com

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