2010-07-10 Anti-competition broadband bill killed again

2010-07-10 Mark Turner Mark Turner dot net \telecomm industry\war against the internet\competition\monopoly\government regulation\US/NC http://www.markturner.net/2010/07/10/anti-competition-broadband-bill-killed-again/ Anti-competition broadband bill killed again Anti-competition broadband bill killed again  Good news: Senator Hoyle's anti-competition broadband bill is dead!

Let me see if I can summarize what took place early this morning. S.1209 and H.1840 both languished in the Broadband Connectivity House committee and never made it back to the floor. That’s all good. Then last night the House added a broadband study provision to the S900 studies bill, a provision which did not require a moratorium or study report be issued. The senate approved this and all seemed good.

Then an hour later Sen. Clodfelter gutted H.455, which was a "Kidney Awareness" bill, and inserted the “study” portion of S.1209...

&ldquo;Good news: Senator Hoyle's anti-competition broadband bill is dead!&rdquo;   