Key members of a House subcommittee were divided Tuesday on whether to pass a new law intended to police the management practices of broadband network owners.

A bill sponsored by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) would require high-speed access providers, primarily cable and phone companies, to adhere to nondiscriminatory principles, while still managing their networks to combat spam, child pornography, illegally distributed movies, software and TV shows.

Markey (pictured) insisted his bill (HR 5353) contained only overarching principles and was not a license for the Federal Communications Commission to engage in heavy-handed regulation feared by his opponents.

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