Thursday, November 1, 2012

Verizon, MetroPCS push back on FCC's net neutrality rules

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Verizon Wireless and MetroPCS have filed a joint appeal against a court decision concerning the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules that took effect in December of last year. The court had ruled in favor of the FCC, despite the complaints levied against it in Verizon and MetroPCS' lawsuit. The carriers contend that the FCC is over stepping its bounds with the regulation, which is designed to prevent network operators from controlling traffic to apps, services, and other functions on an individual basis.


Verizon and MetroPCS make four main complaints against the FCC: the existing Telecommunications Act prevents the FCC from applying regulation to broadband access, which these rules allegedly allow; the FCC doesn't...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/1/3586546/verizon-metropcs-fcc-appeal-net-neutrality

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