Cable lobby asks for net neutrality law allowing paid prioritization
NCTA says paid prioritization should be allowed if it creates "public benefit."
By Jon Brodkin
Cable industry chief lobbyist Michael Powell today asked Congress for a net neutrality law that would ban blocking and throttling but allow Internet providers to charge for prioritization under certain circumstances.
Powell - a Republican who was FCC chairman from 2001 to 2005 and is now CEO of cable lobby group NCTA - spoke to lawmakers today at a Communications and Technology subcommittee hearing on net neutrality (see a transcript of Powell's prepared testimony).
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