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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 15 2016, @05:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 15 2016, @05:30PM (#360652)

    > For example AT&T zero rates HTTP requests for "att.com" domains regardless of IP,

    citation required

    and even if it is true, that's a loophole that can't last in the face of any significant exploitation