House backs easier phone-TV rules
Meanwhile, the House defeated an amendment offered by Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., designed to ensure so-called Net neutrality -or the right of any company to deliver services over the Web free of discrimination. The measure lost on a 262-159 vot
. Without the Markey amendment, telecom and cable companies "are now able to create toll lanes on the information superhighway, essentially permitting new, discriminatory fees - a new broadband bottleneck tax - on Web-based businesses to reach consumers," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Cali