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Democrats' Net Neutrality Bill Survives First Vote:
A bill backed by House Democrats to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality protections passed its first hurdle Tuesday.
Democrats pushed the Save the Internet Act through the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee in an 18-11 vote that fell along party lines. The legislation codifies rules that were repealed in December 2017 by the Republican-led FCC. As part of this repeal, the FCC abdicated its authority to protect consumers online to the Federal Trade Commission.
The bill introduced by Democrats is an attempt to end a nearly two-decade-old fight over how best to prevent broadband companies from abusing their power as gatekeepers to the internet. Specifically, it prevents broadband providers from blocking, slowing down or charging for faster access to the internet. But it also restores the FCC's authority as the "cop on the beat" when it comes to policing potential broadband abuses.
Republicans have criticized the legislation as giving the FCC too much authority to regulate ISPs.
What are the odds that it will pass?
(Score: 4, Interesting) by DannyB on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:31PM
I would be happy for Net Neutrality to be enshrined as law. Short of that I would be equally happy, and get exactly the same result, if it were imposed as regulation by the FCC instead of congress.
Whether the executive branch would do it (Obama) or congress, I don't care as long as I get net neutrality. Big dumb pipes. No slow lanes. No monkeying with or discriminating against packets.
I would be fine if it were a constitutional amendment.
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