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04-07-2010, 02:47 AM
From the LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fcc-comcast7-2010apr07,0,3252678.story)
By Jim Puzzanghera and Jessica Guynn
The FCC had forced Comcast to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing through its network. The court ruling strikes at the FCC's ability to impose network neutrality on service providers.
Reporting from San Francisco and Washington - A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a Federal Communications Commission ruling that forced cable giant Comcast Corp. to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing through its network.
The decision strikes at the FCC's ability to force so-called network neutrality on telecommunications companies.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled the FCC overstepped its bounds and lacked direct statutory authority from Congress to regulate Internet traffic. Enacting network neutrality rules is a major priority of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who took over in early 2009.
The court's ruling also could pose legal problems for the FCC as it seeks to enact the expansive National Broadband Policy it unveiled last month.
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Does anyone think Obama will succeed in writing Net Neutrality into law?
By Jim Puzzanghera and Jessica Guynn
The FCC had forced Comcast to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing through its network. The court ruling strikes at the FCC's ability to impose network neutrality on service providers.
Reporting from San Francisco and Washington - A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a Federal Communications Commission ruling that forced cable giant Comcast Corp. to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing through its network.
The decision strikes at the FCC's ability to force so-called network neutrality on telecommunications companies.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled the FCC overstepped its bounds and lacked direct statutory authority from Congress to regulate Internet traffic. Enacting network neutrality rules is a major priority of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who took over in early 2009.
The court's ruling also could pose legal problems for the FCC as it seeks to enact the expansive National Broadband Policy it unveiled last month.
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Does anyone think Obama will succeed in writing Net Neutrality into law?