A heads up on an important meeting on Nov 1 from the Benton Foundation…

House Judiciary Committee to hold Nov 1 hearing on net neutrality, antitrust issues

House Judiciary Committee, Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street Rayburn House Office Building — 2141, Washington, DC, 20003, United States

The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing on network neutrality and the role of antitrust for Nov 1. The Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, which will hold the hearing, has not released details, but the event is likely to address concerns that internet service providers stifle competition. The hearing comes as Republicans in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put their finishing touches on a plan to scrap net neutrality. The agency has not released a timeline for when it will release and vote on the final version of Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal to roll back the rules, but telecommunication insiders speculate that a vote could come as soon as December.