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Monday, June 26, 2006

K Street Confidential - about net neutrality

Jefrey H. Birnbaum Jefrey H. Birnbaum is the K Street Confidential columnist for the Washington Post - every other Monday he writes about the intersection between government and business. Today he analyzes the pros and cons of the net neutrality to discover that it's no neutral ground in this Internet battle.

Net neutrality, which is shorthand for network neutrality, is one of two possible answers to the following legislative question: Should cable and telephone companies be allowed to charge add-on fees to others for access to their networks? Under a net-neutral system, the answer would be "no." If net neutrality were to lose, the answer would be "yes." Well, the answer of Mr. Birnbaum is "it doesn't matter".


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