FCC Confirms Delay of New Net Neutrality Rules Until 2015

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 11, 2014 @12:31PM from the for-extra-lame-duckiness dept.

blottsie writes: The Federal Communications Commission will abandon its earlier promise to make a decision on new net neutrality rules this year. Instead, FCC Press Secretary Kim Hart said, "there will not be a vote on open internet rules on the December meeting agenda. That would mean rules would now be finalized in 2015." The FCC's confirmation of the delay came just as President Barack Obama launched a campaign to persuade the agency to reclassify broadband Internet service as a public utility. Opensource.com is also running an interview with a legal advisor at the FCC. He says, "There will be a burden on providers. The question is, 'Is that burden justified?' And I think our answer is 'Yes.'"

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Re:In other words. by Jawnn · 2014-11-12 06:57 · Score: 1, Troll

Explain precisely how Republicans shut down the government. Wouldn't that be something the executive branch does?
They did it by refusing to pay the bills. Literally. Wake the fuck up and pay attention to how your country is being governed. Or were you just being deliberately disingenuous?