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June 08, 2006

I cannot COPE Anymore

Under the guise of advancing IP technology, the US House of Representatives perpetrated a monumental disservice to the Internet and passed the COPE Bill, with several 11th hour amendments that reveal a remarkable misunderstanding of what the Internet could be. I am too discouraged by the alleged pinnacle of democracy to say any more at the moment. Suffice it to say that the Net Neutrality amendment went down and the misapplication of Access Charges and Universal Service to applications rather than the underlying transmission facilities that benefit from access charges and universal service, passed.

I only hope the Senate can learn from this, and pass a meaningful net neutrality provision.


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Where is the edit button! :-) Sorry for the malformed URL. That should be http://blogs.globalcrossing.com/net-neutrality

Posted by: Dave Siegel at June 10, 2006 12:59 PM

Sounds typical, actually Jeff. If you encourage the government to get involved in your business, the outcome is likely to be unpredictable.

Maybe we can get you to swing over to our way of thinking yet? (http://blogs.globalcrossing.com/net-neutrality)

Posted by: Dave Siegel at June 9, 2006 04:51 PM

Congressmembers are a lot smarter than they look. I watched the debate on the heinous Markey Amendment and was encouraged that so many recognized that "net neutrality" is an empty platitude disguising heinous pro-Google regulations.

This was a good day for Freedom.

Posted by: Richard Bennett at June 8, 2006 10:38 PM