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New Broadband Bill Draws Fire

Mar 29, 2006 | Inside: Regulation & Policies

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Internet companies including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are protesting new federal legislation that would not strictly regulate how broadband operators can organize their network.

In a letter to Congress on Tuesday, the companies told Rep. Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, that his bill [PDF] to revamp telecommunications laws “would fail to protect the Internet.” Barton is the chairman of the House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee.

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