[colug-432] Net Neutrality

[michael at yanovich.net]

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On 01/27/2014 11:50 AM, William Yang wrote:
> Note that I take no position about the merits of net neutrality: this is
> purely an observation of process.
> 
> Wasn't the reason that the rules were dinged in the DC District Court due
> to a lack of legal authority?  As in, the FCC can't enforce rules it
> doesn't have the legal authority to issue...  I'm pretty sure we don't want
> to change *that*!
> 
> Seems as though there may be a bigger problem than a simple petition can
> correct, and the petition may not be going to the right place to make the
> changes, because I'm pretty sure the FCC's authority comes from
> authorizations from Congress, not from the executive branch.
> 
> Maybe I've misunderstood what was going on.
> 
> 	-Bill
> 

The EFF has published an article about why they believe the FCC isn't the body
to fix this.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/why-the-fcc-cant-save-net-neutrality


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Michael Yanovich


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