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The Far-Reaching Effects of Comcast v FCC

Posted by kdawson on from the more-than-meets-the-eye dept.

eldavojohn writes "We've had a lot of discussion about what the overturning of FCC v Comcast means for net neutrality, but CommLawBlog argues that net-neut is just the tip of the iceberg as far as the effects of this ruling. In the National Broadband Plan, local TV broadcasters might be forced to give up their spectrum 'voluntarily' to be repurposed for broadband; this decision diminishes the FCC's authority to cut such deals. Another issue at stake is how this will affect the FCC's approval of Comcast's acquisition of NBC."

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  1. Re:Comcast makeing NBC cable only and kill off sat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    in the slashdot world, there's only one 'monopoly law' and it says 'companies are not allowed to do anything i don't like'.

  2. Re:Legislators need to be legislating by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but that'd be totally unfair to American corporations. Instead of just buying off a few regulatory commission members, they have to go out and buy an entire party's worth of congressmen. That could get expensive!

  3. Re:I Must Clarify One Thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "She turned me into a neut!" +1 neut
    "A neut?" "...I got better." -1 neut
    Net-Neut: zero