E-mails Link FCC to Liberal Group on “Net Neutrality”
4th June 2011
Supporters of ‘net neutrality’, like Free Press, think equal access to the internet is a “civil right” and that service providers should be prohibited from charging certain prices for certain speeds. When providers have this kind of control, they say, customers in weaker coverage areas get stuck with weaker service. Opponents of ‘net neutrality’ say that if service is regulated in this way then content will soon be regulated as well.
In April 2010, a federal appeals court ruled that the FCC did not have any authority to regulate the internet in this way, however the government agency voted to move forward with its ‘net neutrality’ program in December, just a few months later.
Listen to the courts? Nah, that’s for the Little People.
June 4th, 2011 at 08:41
Is there anything “net neutrality” doesn’t mean?
June 4th, 2011 at 09:31
Yeah, it doesn’t mean ‘free market’.
June 4th, 2011 at 16:33
Well said, though I meant only that it seems that “net neutrality” is used by both sides of every (and there seem to be several) “net neutrality” divisions.
This federal judge’s ruling will be ignored. The Supreme Court attempted to halt the delegation of Congress’ powers to the executive in the 1930s, and lost. Where this judge got the idea that the executive has any check or balance on its powers isn’t clear.