The US House of Representatives has told the Federal Communications Commission to back off from a plan to impose “net neutrality’’ rules that would prevent service providers from deliberately slowing or blocking Internet traffic.
The Republican-controlled House voted 240 to 179 to block enforcement of an FCC net neutrality order issued in December, but the resolution faces uncertain prospects in the Senate, and President Obama has vowed to veto it. The vote came on the eve of a possible shutdown of the federal government, as Congress has failed to pass a budget for the remainder of the fiscal year.
“Today, Republicans first want to shut down the Internet, then they want to shut down the government,’’ said US Representative Edward J. Markey, a Malden Democrat and a staunch supporter of net neutrality.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/04/09/house_urges_blockage_of_net_neutrality_rules
