U.S. House defeats Net neutrality plan

Don't expect network neutrality to be a U.S. law anytime soon. A vote for this amendment to a telecom bill was sponsored by Democrats but failed 269-152 yesterday in the House, mostly along party lines. A similar bill in the Senate is due soon but there isn't much reason for advocates to expect a different outcome. The overall bill, which did pass, requires VoIP providers to have E911 services.

For more on regulation:
- read this internetnews.com article

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