Reps. Markey and Eshoo Introduce Internet Freedom Preservation Act

Would amend Communications Act to mandate net neutrality

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/31/2009 5:17:23 PM EDT

Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Ann Eshoo (D-Calif.) have given the industry and their colleagues something to ponder over the August recess: network neutrality.The pair Friday introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009, according to a draft of the bill supplied by Public Knowledge, which called it a bold first step that was bound to be a conversation starter.

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