House lawmakers will examine the Federal CommunicationsCommission's net neutrality rules again next week, as Republicanleaders seek to overturn the rules or pull funding from the agency.
But what are the chances of Congress wiping out the Internetaccess rules that prohibit blocking and slowing of Web traffic?Pretty low, experts say.
On March 9, the House subcommittee for communications andtechnology will examine the FCC's net neutrality rules for thesecond time and will look at an effort to overturn the rules.
To become law, the two bills at play - one that would overturnrules and the other that would withhold appropriations for theagency - would have to pass a House and Senate vote. And PresidentObama would have to sign on to the legislation.
Obama has expressed his support for the net neutrality rules. Anda bill overturning rules in the Democratic-led Senate would facemore skepticism, analysts said.
Separately, Verizon Communications and Metro PCS have fought therules in court, even as firms including Level 3 and consumer groupshave claimed violations of net neutrality by Internet serviceproviders.
That means there won't likely be an immediate impact on the newrules.
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