Fwre FCC tells court it has no “legal authority” to impose net neutrality rules

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Joe Touch <touch () strayalpha com>
> Date: October 13, 2018 at 11:44:44 PM GMT+9
> To: David Jack Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: FCC tells court it has no “legal authority” to impose net neutrality rules
>
> FYI - it seems the FCC can’t see the ironies:
> - if DNS makes broadband ’not telecommunications’, why doesn’t 411 directory service do the same for telephony? 
> - if the FCC has no jurisdiction on federal broadband, why does it think *it* can block states (such as CA) from 
> passing their own broadband regulations (which CA just did)?
>
> Irony impaired indeed.
>
> Joe
>
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> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/ajit-pais-fcc-tells-court-that-net-neutrality-rules-were-illegal/
>
> FCC tells court it has no “legal authority” to impose net neutrality rules
> FCC defends repeal in court, claims broadband isn't "telecommunications."
>
> JON BRODKIN -  10/12/2018, 10:22 AM
>
> The Federal Communications Commission opened its defense of its net neutrality repeal yesterday, telling a court that 
> it has no authority to keep the net neutrality rules in place.
>
> Chairman Ajit Pai's FCC argued that broadband is not a "telecommunications service" as defined in federal law, and 
> therefore it must be classified as an information service instead. As an information service, broadband cannot be 
> subject to common carrier regulations such as net neutrality rules, Pai's FCC said. The FCC is only allowed to impose 
> common carrier regulations on telecommunications services.



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