Democrat Sweep Good News For Net Neutrality

Whether the Network Neutrality debate is officially settled amongst charged, polarized stakeholders is an issue that will be tabled for the moment. Until this week, the issue was bottled up in a Republican-controlled Congress, as Democrats met defeat in both committee and the House floor. But a sweeping left-wing victory may change that.

Net Neutrality to a partisan issue, which, if looking at the voting record in Congress, certainly seems that way. The few Republicans that were on the fence were often pressured by party leaders to fall in line. no real understanding of the issue, referring to the Internet as "a series of tubes," the Republican senator has been doing all he can to suppress it. Now that Democrats now hold both the House and the Senate, Green says supporters are "going on the offense." Key players will be Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who will become the new chair of the House Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommitee, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), who is expected to take Baron's place as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and presumed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who recently added Net Neutrality to her list of important issues. In the Senate, Olympia Snowe, a Republican, and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) will continue to push the Snow-Dorgan Net Neutrality bill they Verizon had no comment on the election results and what it meant for them. Green however, still had plenty to say. "AT&T and Verizon have awoken a sleeping giant at the exact wrong time because there are now over a million people who are actively interested in expanding Internet freedom at a time that we have a new Congress that is willing to take on entrenched interests." Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Bookmark murdok: