Thursday, April 27, 2006

Two-tiered Internet: Panel paves way for fees

These knot-heads should pay with their careers.

BostonHerald.com - Business News: Two-tiered Internet: Panel paves way for fees:

"A Republican-controlled House committee yesterday rejected a measure by U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Malden) that would have barred telecommunication companies from socking Web sites with extra fees based on bandwidth usage.

Markey's so-called 'Internet neutrality' amendment was defeated on a 34-22 vote by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

With defeat of the amendment, Markey warned yesterday that America is moving closer to a two-tiered Internet system in which telecom firms such as AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and other firms can start giving special price deals to some users - while hitting others with higher fees. "

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