Well, it’s official: the Open Internet rule, better known as Net Neutrality, will go bye-bye starting April 23. Today, the hotly debated final notice of the Open Internet Rule (better known as Net Neutrality) was published in the Federal Register. Net neutrality goes away as of April 23 except for certain provisions that require review … Continue Reading
The fight over the Open Internet (better known as net neutrality) continued Thursday with the Federal Communications Commission voting to reverse the 2015 Title II Order, which reclassified broadband Internet access as a “telecommunications service.” This decision means that the Internet will return to its pre-2015 Title I “information service” classification (For a history of how … Continue Reading
On May 23, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing the reversal of the agency’s 2015 Title II Order which subjected Internet service providers (ISPs) to regulation as telecommunications services pursuant to Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. In a 2-1 vote along partisan lines, … Continue Reading
The Internet’s stunning growth, from its beginnings through maturity in 2005, relied on common carrier rules. (Blogmeister’s note: Even more than usual, this post reflects the views of its author and not necessarily those of Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, its other lawyers, or its clients.) The FCC’s latest effort at net neutrality rules is a … Continue Reading
If you were looking for something to do in your spare time for the next several weeks, good news! The FCC has just released its net neutrality order.… Continue Reading
Pushed by losses in the courts, FCC is now relying on Title II, Section 706, Title III as authority for increased regulatory control of the Internet.… Continue Reading
Between the demands of his political constituency and legal requirements set by the D.C. Circuit, Chairman Wheeler is attempting to walk a narrow and difficult path on the net neutrality front.… Continue Reading
You have to feel sorry for the FCC, trying to write net neutrality rules despite a court order that pretty much rules out "neutrality."… Continue Reading
The FCC can either straighten up and take on a hostile Congress, or it can stand back and watch the Internet devolve into the profit-making tool of a few powerful companies. This blogger just doesn't see a third alternative.… Continue Reading
The D.C. Circuit has now heard oral argument in Verizon's appeal of the FCC's effort, dating back to late 2010, to impose "open Internet" rules on broadband providers. And now YOU can hear the argument, too!… Continue Reading
The Commission has received one - and, apparently, only one - petition for reconsideration of its Open Internet order. Could that slow down the judicial review process?… Continue Reading
If you're standing behind Verizon in the line to buy a Powerball ticket, take a look over its shoulder and be sure to buy the same numbers that it does.… Continue Reading
If you paid attention to our post yesterday, you won't be surprised to learn that the net neutrality order has now been published in the Federal Register, specifying an effective date of November 20, 2011.… Continue Reading
Whatever clarity the Advisory offers is likely to be temporary. The Advisory itself states that much of its advice will likely be superseded in the near future.… Continue Reading
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has tossed Verizon's net neutrality appeal as premature. Verizon will get another chance but, contrary to Verizon's hopes, there's no guarantee that the case will end up in the D.C. Circuit.… Continue Reading
Less than two weeks after Verizon filed a motion asking that its appeal of the net neutrality decision be assigned to the same panel that trashed the Commission in the Comcast opinion last April, that panel has denied Verizon's motion.… Continue Reading
Verizon is trying to herd the next round of appeals in the Net Neutrality proceeding back before the same panel of judges who slammed the FCC in the Comcast decision. Appellate litigation aficionados take note.… Continue Reading
The Commission is looking to launch a new Open Internet transparency front with an army of consumers equipped with software that will reveal to them precisely what their ISPs' traffic management practices are. Your job, should you choose to accept it, will be to design that software.… Continue Reading
