European and US Politicians Support Net Neutrality

 
After the hit Net Neutrality got last week, we suddenly see Politicians in Europe and US (on the same day!) pushing again for the added regulation.



"Internet users must be able to access whatever content they want, regardless of telecoms companies' demands that high-bandwidth publishers pay them, according to a European Commissioner [Neelie Kroes] ahead of a consultation on net neutrality "  according to The Register (here).
 

"The powerful chairman of a U.S. Senate committee [Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat] will push for additional authority for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to enforce Net neutrality rules and implement its new national broadband plan, if it's needed following a court ruling against the agency this month." according the IDG (here).

Nice coincidence!

At least on the US side, the article also brings some disagreement in the Senate: "the broadband plan would create huge new federally funded programs (Senator John Ensign) and "A light regulatory approach to the Internet by the FCC in the past has promoted innovation" (Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison)"