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U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Net Neutrality Rules in Full

posted by janrinok on Tuesday June 14 2016, @09:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the net-for-all dept.

mendax writes:

In a bit of good news for the Obama administration (and most Americans), the U.S. D.C Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the FCC's Open Internet Order rules:

High-speed internet service can be defined as a utility, a federal court has ruled, a decision clearing the way for more rigorous policing of broadband providers and greater protections for web users.

The court's decision upholds the F.C.C. on the declaration of broadband as a utility, the most significant aspect of the rules. That has broad-reaching implications for web and telecommunications companies and signals a shift in the government's view of broadband as a service that should be equally accessible to all Americans, rather than a luxury that does not need close government supervision.

The court's opinion can be found here.

takyon: Also at Tom's Hardware. Alternate link for the Appeals Court decision.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DECbot on Tuesday June 14 2016, @09:34PM

    by DECbot (832) on Tuesday June 14 2016, @09:34PM (#360180) Journal

    It is not a luxury to be spied on by the NSA, but a requirement for daily living that should be equally accessible to all Americans, so sayith the Government.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 14 2016, @09:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 14 2016, @09:41PM (#360186)

    Lol tell us bout how teh gummint gots no rite to tax yer water.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 14 2016, @09:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 14 2016, @09:45PM (#360188)

    I don't think internet service is a requirement for daily living, but then again I have no life. Maybe you desperately need to impress your idiot followers on social media every day or they'll unfriend you?

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Dunbal on Tuesday June 14 2016, @09:53PM

      by Dunbal (3515) on Tuesday June 14 2016, @09:53PM (#360190)

      It's not like any of us can go back to Playboy.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Tork on Tuesday June 14 2016, @10:44PM

      by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 14 2016, @10:44PM (#360221)
      Maybe the internet is his primary hub for communications like it is for me. I use the internet to pay my rent and correspond with my landlord. I use the internet for banking. I use the internet to communicate with work. When I was unemployed I used the internet to successfully find new work. Could I do all that with a landline? Maybe, but it'd take a lot more time. Now you understand why I have internet access but no landline.
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