Re:The End of Net Neutrality = the Beginning of the Fragment...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @07:13PM
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> The FTC is taking over
No, they aren't. Unless the FTC v. AT&T 9th Circuit decision gets reversed, they can't do anything in this area, unless the FCC also reverses the Title II classification of telephone service, since that decision blocks much FTC action involving firms that are common carriers, even when the action concerns non-common-carrier operations of the firm. And many ISPs are telcos that would be protected from FTC regulation by that ruling.
No, they aren't. Unless the FTC v. AT&T 9th Circuit decision gets reversed, they can't do anything in this area, unless the FCC also reverses the Title II classification of telephone service, since that decision blocks much FTC action involving firms that are common carriers, even when the action concerns non-common-carrier operations of the firm. And many ISPs are telcos that would be protected from FTC regulation by that ruling.