Republicans want tech input on U.S. net neutrality legislation

The House Commerce Committee on July 31 asked for input from Google parent Alphabet, Facebook, Comcast, Amazon.com and other major companies on a proposed rewrite of rules governing consumer internet access. Last week, committee Chairman Greg Walden (D-OR) asked the chief executives of those three companies, as well as AT&T, Verizon, Netflix, and Charter to testify at a Sept. 7 hearing on the future of net neutrality rules. None of the companies have agreed yet to testify. On July 31, a lawyer for the committee, Robin Colwell, asked the companies to weigh in on what net neutrality legislation could look like. "So all we are looking for at this stage is a list of asks. From your perspective, what needs to stay, what needs to be added, and what needs to go?" she wrote in an e-mail.