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Net Neutrality Amendment Defeated on House Floor

The net neutrality amendment introduced by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) was tonight soundly defeated in the House vote on the Barton telecom reform bill. Despite signs that public opinion and press sentiment were rapidly shifting in favor of net neutrality regulations, the House voted down the amendment 152 to 269, handing the cable and telco lobbies a big victory.

In a wistful-sounding statement, Rep. Markey said

… DUMB!

Here’s the dealio… The telco companies believe that they are in a power position.

In some ways they are… But not as much as they would like us all to believe.

Fortunately, with companies like Amazon who have MUCH MORE control over the internet lines as they relate to ecommerce, have given us, the little guy, an advantage, as with S3 we can all maintain a FULL internet presence, and expect that no matter who we are we will be able to gain access to the same customer base as everyone else.

There’s also a significant amount of momentum in the wireless space, with companies like Intel investing into WiMax technologies.

Of course, who owns the WiMax-based networks is yet to be determined, so whether or not this becomes an arrow in the quiver of the little guy or the telco’s is really anyones guess at this stage.

So, for now anyway… We have S3, and my guess is that before too long we will see GDrive and LiveDrive enter the race to host the data side of our web-based applications.

And, of course, theres always the unknown.

And with that, I leave you once again with Eminem to help cheer on the ranks to never give up no matter how defeated you think you might be.

In many cases, the truth is just the opposite.

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