Net Neutrality last chance: Filibuster
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On Thursday, a Senate panel refused to regulate the Internet broadband. Fade to black. Cut. This is the end of Net Neutrality. In fact, no. No yet.
Due to the Sen. Ron Wyden’s immediate reaction, the voting process has been pushed on hold. Technically, as explains the US Senate glossary, the call means:
“An informal practice by which a Senator informs his or her floor leader that he or she does not wish a particular bill or other measure to reach the floor for consideration. The Majority Leader need not follow the Senator’s wishes, but is on notice that the opposing Senator may filibuster any motion to proceed to consider the measure.”
So the battle isn’t set. Wyden needs to reach 60 votes to break a filibuster. And in the current situation, according to Timothy Karr from MediaCitizen, Wyden needs to find 41 more votes supporting Net Neutrality to postpone and even stop the voting process. But that means interesting the rest of the Senate, which isn’t that easy.
UPDATE, June 30, 2006 ― John Kerry (D-Mass) was invited to write for SaveTheInternet.com. He obviously backed the Wyden’s action.
“Free and open access to the internet is something all Americans should enjoy, regardless of what financial means they’re born into or where they live. It is profoundly disappointing that the Senate is going let a handful of companies hold internet access hostage by legalizing the cherry-picking of cable service providers and new entrants.”
Here’s a thought. YouTube spend over a million dollar to cover its daily bandwidth and doesn’t break even with its displayed adverts. If Net Neutrality is no more, could YouTube and its clones survive?
Jun 30, 2006 | By Nuno
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