Earlier this week a US House subcommittee met to talk further on Net Neutrality. I have to admit, I just couldn’t watch the whole thing this time around but secondary research tells me that it’s pretty much the same as previous meetings. I did listen to the introductory remarks – which we interesting in that they specifically addressed the bill. Well, it specifically poked holes in or uplifted the bill. But the content was similar to previous meetings.

The ISPs don’t want regulation. They feel regulation will squelch the entrepreneurial spirit that has allowed the Internet to take off as it has. The content providers want regulation or they feel that the ISPs will become the information gatekeepers.

Support for the bill runs down party lines. The 2006 version of the bill was not passed due to Republican Majority. But the landscape has changed in two years and this bill is softened from the original. So, it seems more likely to pass this time.

The big issue is the P2P activity online – but no one really knows how big that activity is or how much of that activity is legal. My guess is that no matter how big it is today, it’s going to be bigger in the future. It just seems that anything that helps consumers become producers is a winner.