Net Neutrality Bill Returns in Senate

Lawmakers Argue for Continuing Open Internet

By Ira Teinowitz

Published: January 09, 2007

WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) -- The fight over net neutrality rekindled today as the Senate re-introduced legislation that would bar

internet providers from charging content providers extra for using new higher-speed pathways.

Sens. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, said their Internet Freedom Preservation Act is vital to retain the internet's function. Discrimination between content providers would "fundamentally change the way the internet has operated and threatens to derail the democratic nature of the Internet," Mr. Dorgan said.