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The FCC's order to overturn net neutrality protections was officially published in the Federal Register today and soon thereafter, the attorneys general of 22 states and Washington DC filed a lawsuit challenging the FCC's order. The coalition filed a suit earlier this year, but agreed last week to withdraw it until the FCC published the order, Reuters reports. "Today, the FCC made official its illegal rollback of net neutrality -- and, as promised, our coalition of attorneys general is filing suit," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement. "Consumers and businesses in New York and across the country have the right to a free and open internet, and our coalition of attorneys general won't stop fighting to protect that right."
[...] The attorneys general say in their complaint that the FCC's order was "arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of discretion within the meaning of the Administrative Procedure Act." They also say it violates federal law and conflicts with the notice-and-comment rulemaking requirements. They're asking the court to vacate the order.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/02/22/23-attorneys-general-challenge-fcc-net-neutrality-repeal/
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday February 24 2018, @12:00PM (1 child)
When Bonita and I bought a house in Owl's Head, Maine we just assumed that our house being wired for cable TV surely meant that we could get cable Internet.
To my dismay we didn't look into Internet service until after we bought the house. Bonita called the cable company and was told that there were no Internet routers in Owl's Head.
So I operated my software consulting business over dialup for three solid years. To download Slackware 8 took three days.
I also set up IP Masquerading so Bonita and I could use the dialup at the same time. That worked quite a lot better than most would expect.
When I heard about that kid and his garage I requested service. Owl's Head is very sparsely populated, but that was OK because his service was wireless.
Again to my great dismay our house didn't have line-of-sight.
To create a profitable business in your parents' garage is quite typical of Mainers.
At the time the cell phone service in Vermont was some tiny company that only served Vermont. The proprietor was the sort of Live Free And Die guy that refused to sell to the big telcos.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday February 26 2018, @04:57PM
It's actually "Live Free Or Die. As in, "give me freedom or give me death."
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"