The FCC knew this would come the second they decided that the Internet should be regulated which would ensure net neutrality. So I am pretty sure that they were not shocked when news of two lawsuits being filed to stop the FCC from going ahead with this according to News.com:
The USTelecom Association, a trade group that represents some of the nation’s largest Internet service providers, filed a complaint Monday in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that claims the FCC’s action is a violation of federal law and was “arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of discretion.” Texas-based ISP Alamo Broadband made similar arguments against the FCC’s action Monday in a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The lawsuits represent the first legal challenges to the new rules in what is expected to be a lengthy court fight.
I fully expect that there will be more challenges to what the FCC has proposed. Thus you can fully expect this to be long, drawn out and ugly. And another one of those situations where only the lawyers win.
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FCC Sued Over Net Neutrality…… Shock. Not.
The FCC knew this would come the second they decided that the Internet should be regulated which would ensure net neutrality. So I am pretty sure that they were not shocked when news of two lawsuits being filed to stop the FCC from going ahead with this according to News.com:
The USTelecom Association, a trade group that represents some of the nation’s largest Internet service providers, filed a complaint Monday in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that claims the FCC’s action is a violation of federal law and was “arbitrary, capricious and an abuse of discretion.” Texas-based ISP Alamo Broadband made similar arguments against the FCC’s action Monday in a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The lawsuits represent the first legal challenges to the new rules in what is expected to be a lengthy court fight.
I fully expect that there will be more challenges to what the FCC has proposed. Thus you can fully expect this to be long, drawn out and ugly. And another one of those situations where only the lawyers win.
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