Federal Court: FCC 'lacks authority' to enforce net neutrality

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by tialys • 16 years ago

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This is nuts. Maybe the court ruling is correct that the FCC lacks authority to enforce net neutrality, but we have to somehow figure out how to put an end to this madness.

It is a case that has much greater implications than just unfair treatment of traffic.

Unfortunately, still a great deal of the country has no idea what this means and it will go unnoticed.

roc• 16 years ago

The largely arbitrary way US law applies or doesn't to various data/telecom services is in need of an update anyway.

It makes no sense to treat cable differently than copper, or internet service differently than phone service.

sophacles• 16 years ago

The problem comes when the big money is in "tripple play". So many people are making money pretending TV and Phone are not just Data. The answer of course is to start talking about how TV and Voice are no different than a webpage from the network's pov. Use examples like Hulu and YouTube. This mass education will certainly start helping.

wmf• 16 years ago

More discussion over here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1244720

Federal Court: FCC 'lacks authority' to enforce net neutrality

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