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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by Avshalom on Monday June 11, 2018 @10:37AM (#17284568)
Problem is: if New Mexico passes a Net Neutrality law but all of the Netflix data centers are in Arizona it's suddenly going to be "interstate commerce"
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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by blind_boy_grunt on Monday June 11, 2018 @07:08PM (#17289403)
Yes, and congress could pass a law banning net neutrality. But under current law, the FCC is not able to issue a directive doing the same thing.

A law banning NN will never get passed due to gridlock (thankfully), so barring some huge change in public opinion I don't see states being prohibited from enforcing NN.

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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by ashelmire on Monday June 11, 2018 @11:34AM (#17285122)
Something being interstate commerce does not prevent states from legislating on it. Under that logic, states couldn't regulate the sale of anything produced in another state, which is obviously untrue.
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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by Avshalom on Monday June 11, 2018 @12:27PM (#17285683)
no it just means that the federal government has constitutional power to over rule it if they feel like it, no need to argue on the basis of any existing case law.
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