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Lawmakers Focus On Telecom Overhaul
This week's tech focus on Capitol Hill was heavily slanted toward the telecommunications sector, as lawmakers returned from their Easter break with telecom reform on their minds.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee was the primary battleground. By a vote of 42-12, the panel approved a measure considered favorable to the Bell telecom firms.
Members rejected two Democratic amendments, one designed to ensure "network neutrality" for all high-speed Internet content and the other to require new video programmers to offer service to their entire communities.
Listen to the rest of the podcast for the full report on this week's telecom activities.
Posted by Technology Daily on April 28, 2006 11:20 AM | Permalink
