A group of internet service providers, including AT&T and Verizon, filed a brief with the Federal Communications Commission arguing the recently passed "net neutrality" laws should be overturned.
The petition argues that under Title 47 of U.S. Code, Congress exempted broadband Internet access from the very common-carrier regulation under Title II of the Communications Act that the FCC claims give it the authority to enact net neutrality.
The fairly dense document argues that ISPs, and the services they provide, have no relation to "heavy-handed, public-utility-style regulation designed for 19th-century railroads and 1930s telephone monopolies," and broadband internet services provide information services rather than telecommunication services.
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The petition argues that under Title 47 of U.S. Code, Congress exempted broadband Internet access from the very common-carrier regulation under Title II of the Communications Act that the FCC claims give it the authority to enact net neutrality.
The fairly dense document argues that ISPs, and the services they provide, have no relation to "heavy-handed, public-utility-style regulation designed for 19th-century railroads and 1930s telephone monopolies," and broadband internet services provide information services rather than telecommunication services.
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