Net Neutrality bill passed by both houses of Congress

Bradley Baker — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:57:54 -0700

In the light of the Comcast brouhaha about slowing or blocking peer-to-peer file sharing, net neutrality is, once again, on the Congressional agenda.

This prediction is that the Internet Freedom Preservation Act or another similar bill that guarantees "net neutrality" will be passed by both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate during the current legislative term.

This prediction does not require the bill to actually be signed into law (ie a Presidential veto that survives an override vote does not result in failure), but it does have to be submitted to the President for his signature.

If the House and the Senate pass different versions and cannot both pass a compromise bill by the deadline then that will be considered a failure. Note: the current Congressional term ends January 3rd. This prediction will be closed on the earlier of December 10th or when Congress adjourns the current session for the December recess. The prediction will be judged immediately following the adjournment of the current session.