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FCC Struggles to Convince Judge That Broadband Isn't “Telecommunications”

posted by Fnord666 on Monday February 04 2019, @11:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-is-it-this-week dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1984

A Federal Communications Commission lawyer faced a skeptical panel of judges today as the FCC defended its repeal of net neutrality rules and deregulation of the broadband industry.

FCC General Counsel Thomas Johnson struggled to explain why broadband shouldn't be considered a telecommunications service, and struggled to explain the FCC's failure to protect public safety agencies from Internet providers blocking or slowing down content.

Oral arguments were held today in the case, which is being decided by a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. (Audio of the four-hour-plus oral arguments is available here.) Throttling of firefighters' data plans played a major role in today's oral arguments.

[...] The lawsuit seeking to overturn the net neutrality repeal was filed by more than three dozen entities, including state attorneys general, consumer advocacy groups, and tech companies such as Mozilla and Vimeo.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/02/throttling-of-firefighters-hurts-fcc-case-as-it-defends-net-neutrality-repeal/

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday February 04 2019, @06:18PM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday February 04 2019, @06:18PM (#796204) Journal

    That kind of stupid is very much a lifestyle choice, and it directly harms other people. What possessed you to make such a poor comparison? Malice, or ignorance?

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday February 04 2019, @08:19PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday February 04 2019, @08:19PM (#796258) Journal

    That kind of stupid is very much a lifestyle choice...

    It's amazing how they can just turn it off and on, too.

    All of a sudden it's just too darn confusing to figure out whether the internet is a telecommunications service or not. But that custom router build to keep the evil Googles off your internet, no problem!