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Net Neutrality Suffers Major Setback

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nobody's-in-charge dept.

RingDev writes "The US Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Comcast today, stating that the FCC lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks."

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  1. Re:Oh goody by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the FCC's charter:

    For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio

    Seems pretty clear that this falls squarely within it's right to regulate. Unless you can explain how the Internet isn't "communication by wire or radio".