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From:	Millie (75.107.206.117)
Subject:	McCain introduces bill to block Net neutrality
Date:	October 23, 2009 at 1:00 pm PST

Is THIS the issue we can all agree upon????????? (fingers crossed) (hint: I think McCain is WRONG)

Republican strategy is to paint Net neutrality as government 'control' of Internet

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced a bill in the Senate on Thursday that would effectively allow Internet service providers to slow down or block Internet content or applications of their choosing.

The move came the same day as the federal government decided to move forward on an official Net neutrality policy that would prevent ISPs from making those types of decisions.

The FCC's new rules would prevent ISPs, for example, from blocking or slowing bandwidth-hogging Web traffic such as streaming video or other applications that put a strain on their networks or from charging different rates to users.

McCain's bill, the Internet Freedom Act, would block the Federal Communications Commission from making Net neutrality the law of the land. The rule preventing ISPs from slowing down certain types of content would create "onerous federal regulation," McCain argued in a written statement.

• The Whole Story (hint: Glenn Beck is mentioned - oh my!)