Net neutrality rejected in tie-vote by panel

A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday rejected with a tie-vote a proposal that would have required broadband providers to give their competitors the same speeds and quality of service as they give to themselves or their partners.

As someone living in the UK, I can't help but wonder what the implications of this are for people living outside the US. If net neutrality looses out to big business in America, will we find that our connections to sites held on servers in other parts of the world be affected, if say, the data is passed through US parts of the net?
Also, I would imagine that telcos outside the US are watching the outcome of this with great interest, as I am sure that they would love to follow the American companies into a two tier system.