On June 8, the House of Representatives squashed an amendment that would prevent telecommunications companies from charging Internet content companies more to deliver enhanced services, such as high quality audio and video content. Experts at Wharton say the failure of the amendment could be considered a positive development since legislation may have led to a number of unintended consequences. The amendment would have required “network neutrality,” an often-debated term that is not easy to define. To network neutrality’s supporters, like Google, Yahoo and eBay, the term means that telecommunications companies should be required to treat all Internet traffic — whether bandwidth-hogging video or a brief email message — the same. To companies like Verizon and AT&T, imposing network neutrality would mean that they could not charge for enhanced services on networks that cost them billions of dollars to build.…