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CA. Senatorial Candidates Talk Net Neutrality

By james_fudge

The Voices Blog on the Washington Post offers two videos that you'll want to see if you are from California or if you are at all interested in net neutrality.

In one video Republican candidate, Carly Fiorina confirms that she is against net neutrality, saying that her "background as an executive at AT&T and Lucent Alcatel before heading Hewlett Packard show that regulation of the telecom industry can be a disaster for business." She also said the FCC should not try to re-assert its authority to regulate broadband.

Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer is for net neutrality being handled by the FCC, or through congressional legislation. She co-signed legislation to create new rules for ISPs that would stop them from blocking web sites and prioritizing traffic unfairly. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on October 21, 2010 (boomark / email).