Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is “flexible” on the pathway toward...
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is “flexible” on the pathway toward writing a nondiscrimination rule for the Internet, he told reporters at the Capitol Clean Tech Expo. Markey has a bill (HR-3458) that would clarify the FCC’s authority over net neutrality.…
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“My obvious goal is that there is a policy of nondiscrimination in the Internet space,” he said. “We just have to spend a little bit of time thinking about what the correct pathway is, but be nonnegotiable in terms of what the ultimate conclusion has to be.” All stakeholders should be involved in the discussion, he said. “Ultimately it would be good if we could codify the rules of openness and nondiscrimination” through legislation, “but there are regulatory ways to accomplish similar goals,” Markey said. He declined to say if he supports reclassifying broadband under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act. And Markey said he hasn’t “had an extensive conversation” with House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., about Boucher’s desire to overhaul telecom laws in the next Congress. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who also spoke at the event, declined to comment.