ISPs Claim Title II Regulations Don't Apply To the Internet Because "Computers"

New submitter Gryle writes: ArsTechnica is reporting on an interesting legal tactic by ISPs in the net neutrality fight. In a 95-page brief the United States Telecom Association claims Internet access qualifies as information service, not a telecommunication service, because it involves computer processing. The brief further claims "The FCC's reclassification of mobile broadband internet access as a common-carrier service is doubly unlawful." (page 56)

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Re:Common carriers are for cows.

[kheldan]

Yes, AC. The cow says 'moo'.
The pig says 'oink'.
The chickens say 'cluck cluck'.
The horse says 'neigh'.
The duck says 'quack quack'.
The geese say 'honk honk'.
The sheep say 'baaaa'.
The dog says 'woof'.
The frog says 'ribbit'.
The coyote says 'aaaahwoooooo'.
The rooster says 'cockadoodledoo!'.
The cat says 'meow'.
And the turkey says 'gooble gobble'.
Now please go play with your See and Say quietly somewhere else, k? The adults are having a conversation, sweetie. If you're good, maybe you'll get a cookie later.

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Now, then, ISPs: I have only one thing to say about them and all their little temper tantrums they keep having: MUH PROFIT MARGIN. Get over it, ISPs, and get correct.