When we in the library world hear about a merger of megapublishers, we usually wonder what negative effect it will have on our budgets. In contrast, it appears that we can celebrate the merger of telecomm giants AT&T and BellSouth. On Save The Internet.com law professor Tim Wu of Columbia University says the merger agreement is “a milestone, and may even be remembered as an important moment in Internet history. Most notable is the agreement's striking inclusion of the first strong Network Neutrality language yet seen in any broadband regulatory device.”

It will be interesting to see if this agreement has any positive influence on legislation proposed in the new Congress.