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FCC and the broadband industry argue net neutrality’s future
Yes, this is still happening.
The hearing was part of an endless political ping-pong game over net neutrality rules — which reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) as common carriers, barring them from selectively throttling web traffic. “This agency is champing the bit to use its other Title II [common carrier] powers that it unlocks here to regulate all sorts of things about ISPs: what kind of plans they offer you, what cost,” Wall said. While — as Judge Richard Allen Griffin pointed out — different FCCs have flip-flopped on where internet service providers fall, Lewis said it’s important to distinguish between those “bottom-line” conclusions and the “general authority” of the agency to make that call.
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