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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