The House passed a new telecom bill after rejecting an amendment that would have given the FCC the power to enforce "net neutrality

The House passed a new telecom bill after rejecting an amendment that would have given the FCC the power to enforce "net neutrality." The amendment sought to re-regulate the market for high-speed broadband Internet access. A little history: After the FCC deregulated the broadband market last year, service providers such as AT&T and Verizon announced plans to build Internet "fast lanes" capable of delivering content at super-high speeds, for a higher price.

Advocates of net neutrality--Internet companies like Amazon, Google and Yahoo--realize that they would need to pay for this fast-lane service to remain competitive. But because they are already dominant brands, they don't want to. This is not a compelling reason to impose stasis on the development of the Internet. We hope the Senate will keep this in mind as they begin to debate this issue.

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