less thanh1greater thanSummaryless than/h1greater than Contains a finding that the sale of internet service less thanemgreater than should not less than/emgreater than give priority to different sources of packets, and requires a quarterly report from broadband providers describing the extent of access to broadband in Maryland./1/
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less thanh1greater thanBackgroundless than/h1greater than Adopts as a legislative finding the net neutrality language used by the FCC in the AT&T-BellSouth merger approval.
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less thanh1greater thanPolitical Contextless than/h1greater than Net Neutrality legislation has been considered but not passed at the federal level. Verizon and Comcast are lobbying against HB 1069. less thanbgreater than The House of Delegates’ Economic Matters Committee has scheduled a hearing on the bill for Feb. 27. less than/bgreater than/2/
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less thanh1greater thanAdditional Linksless than/h1greater than /1/ Stoller, Matt less thana href="http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/2/15/10535/5837"greater than"Net Neutrality Bill Introduced in Maryland"less than/agreater than My DD 2/15/07
less than/brgreater than/2/ Brodsky Art [LINK http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/831 less thana href="Maryland,"greater thanMy Maryland -- a new broadband approach"less than/agreater than Public Knowledge Blog February 15, 2007