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In what is viewed as mainly a procedural vote, the House Judicial Committee surprisingly voted in favor of moving a bill legislating Net Neutrality out of committee.  H.R.5417 passed with a 20-13 vote.  News.com covers the story here and Rich Bennett blogs about it here.

Verizon and the other telcos should see that legislation for Net Neutrality is gaining momentum and its defeat in Congress is not a foregone conclusion. (No matter how many lobbyist and former press aids they hire) It may be in their interest to consider inviting Net Neutrality provisions into IPTV cable franchise agreements. 

Adding provisions to the cable agreements would have the effect of satiating Congress and Net Neutrality proponents without expressly written Federal legislation.  If Federal legislation gains traction the telcos should really think about this.  I invite Verizon to set the example in my town, Red Bank.  Give us some verbiage in our agreement and then you can hold us up as an example of your forward thinking.