September 29, 2006

Higher-Education Groups Ask Senators to Support Net Neutrality

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

A dozen higher-education associations have sent a letter to two key U.S. senators, reiterating the groups' support for the principle of network neutrality on the Web.

The groups said a telecommunications bill that cleared the Senate commerce committee in June fails to include the principle, which requires cable and telephone companies to treat Web-site operators, including colleges, equitably.

Collaborative online research and distance education will suffer, the college groups

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