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From: Frank A. Coluccio7/30/2010 6:13:11 PM
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Rep. Dingell tells FCC to drop move for broadband regulations
By Cecilia Kang | WaPo | July 28, 2010

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), former head of the Commerce & Energy Committee, said Wednesday that the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission should drop his push to re-regulate broadband lines. Dingell wrote in a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday that he felt the controversial effort was being done in haste. He came up with that conclusion after receiving a "paucity" of answers from Genachowski on the move. [...] If the parties, including Google, Verizon, AT&T and Skype, were able to resolve their differences on how carriers could prioritize certain traffic, like data going to telemedicine sites or voice applications, lawmakers could introduce a bill on those practices.

Complete: voices.washingtonpost.com

fac: so one is supposed to obtain a sense of comfort knowing that the fate of connectivity will be decided at the whims of the two largest telecoms and the two largest Web-based application providers? holy shoot!

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