Jeff C. Kuhns, senior director of information-technology services at Pennsylvania State University, urged the Senate Committee on the Judiciary today to support legislation that would prevent telephone and cable companies from blocking, degrading, or discriminating against certain Web content.
This so-called network-neutrality legislation is important to Penn State and other universities that are large producers and users of Internet content, he said. Penn State "depends upon the Internet to provide distance-learning educational services — allowing us to bring our enormous educational resources to the benefit of off-campus students throughout Pennsylvania, and even throughout the world," wrote Mr. Kuhns in a prepared statement.
Penn State’s distance-learning program offers more than 50 degrees and certifications. Mr. Kuhns’ testimony is available online.
