U.S. Net Neutrality Rules Published Today, Triggering Lawsuit

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According to the FCC Chairman, they believe the rules will withstand the legal challenge.

Tough new net neutrality regulations were published in the Federal Register on Monday, triggering an effective date of June 12 and the first formal legal challenge to the controversial online traffic rules.

US Telecom, a trade group whose members include AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., filed a lawsuit Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to stop the rules. U.S. Net Neutrality Rules Published Today, Triggering Lawsuit [latimes.com]

They change the legal classification of wired and wireless broadband, treating it as a more highly regulated telecommunications service in an attempt to ensure that providers don't discriminate against any legal content flowing through their networks to consumers.

[tangor]

in an attempt to ensure that providers don't discriminate against any legal content flowing through their networks to consumers.

That's the FCC's story... but we know that "net neutering" is the real goal, that and expansion of taxes and revenue.

Here's hoping the suit is heard, and adjudicated to a reversal of Tittle II and the FCC's ham-fisted, Obama Admin driven takeover of the Internet.

[aristotle]

The FCC is just returning the internet to the original classification it had before George W. Bush changed it to accomodate the big telecom companies. His change led to a stifling of competition and innovation, and as a result the quality of U.S. internet service has fallen far behind what many other countries enjoy at much less cost.

The FCC tried for 6 years to work out a plan that would be fair to all interests, but the big telecom companies kept going to court because they couldn't get everything they wanted. In these circumstances, going back to the old classification is the only way to ensure fair competition and preserve net neutrality.

[graeme_p]

@tangor, so you want to let the elcos do exactly what they want. In countries that have weak regulation things like special terms for Youtube or Facebook usage already exist. Do you really want the US to join the third world on this:

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[metfone.com.kh ]

It took me about ten seconds to find those. There must be hundreds of others around the world. It is failure to regulate that will neuter the net. This is what the big telcos want and what they will do if their case succeeds.