[governance] US Court Rules Against FCC in ‘Net Neutrality’ Case

[keerti.nagappa at gmail.com]

A federal appeals court (US) has ruled that the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)lacks the authority to require
broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet
traffic flowing over their networks.

 
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/technology/07net.html?hp

Court Rules Against F.C.C. in ‘Net Neutrality’ Case
 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that the Federal
Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to
give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.

Tuesday’s ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia is a big victory for the Comcast Corporation, the nation’s largest
cable company. It had challenged the FCC’s authority to impose so called
“net neutrality” obligations.

It marks a serious setback for the F.C.C., which needs authority to regulate
the Internet in order to push ahead with key parts of its national broadband
plan.




-- 
Keerti Nagappa
LLM Candidate 2010
University of California,
Berkeley School of Law
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