EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Support Bi-Partisan Legislation to Protect the Open Internet

Created by Colleen Luckett (EDUCAUSE) on January 10, 2007

EDUCAUSE and Internet2 have announced their support for the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act," introduced today by Senator Olympia Snowe (R -ME) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and co-sponsored by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Kerry (D-MA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), and Barack Obama (D-IL). The bill provides a bi-partisan solution preventing phone and cable companies from manipulating the performance and architecture of the Internet. Read the press release, and learn more about the importance of this issue to higher education and the public at the EDUCAUSE Net Neutrality resource site.

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		EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Support Bi-Partisan Legislation to Protect the Open Internet Created by Colleen Luckett (EDUCAUSE) on January 10, 2007 EDUCAUSE and Internet2 have announced their support for the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act," introduced today by Senator Olympia Snowe (R -ME) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and co-sponsored by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Kerry (D-MA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), and Barack Obama (D-IL). The bill provides a bi-partisan solution preventing phone and cable companies from manipulating the performance and architecture of the Internet. Read the press release, and learn more about the importance of this issue to higher education and the public at the EDUCAUSE Net Neutrality resource site. EDUCAUSE News \| Barack Obama \| Barbara Boxer \| Byron Dorgan \| Congress \| Federal Policy \| Hillary Rodham Clinton \| Internet Governance \| Internet2 \| John Kerry \| Net Neutrality \| Olympia Snowe \| open internet \| Patrick Leahy \| Policy and Law: Federal Colleen's blog Login or register to post comments 3443 reads
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