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Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast
From: Paul WALL <pauldotwall () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:11:38 -0400
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Richard Bennett <richard () bennett com> wrote:
The FCC is structured in such a way that the chairman calls all the shots on policy matters. In this instance, the former chairman, Kevin Martin, was responsible for the Comcast order but the current chairman, Julius Genachowski, had to defend it in court. Some wags insist that the defense was a bit lackluster because Genachowski didn't much care for the legal basis of the Comcast order, which relied on a lot of smoke and mirrors to regulate aspects of edge network behavior that Congress never told the FCC to regulate. The defense relied on some legal theories that weren't used in the order itself, and that's a no-no in an appeal. The court took the rather extraordinary step of suggesting arguments that the FCC could have used in the appeal that it didn't use.
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Research Fellow Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
It should probably be noted, for purpose of establishing bias, that Richard is a Washington lobbyist, hired to represent Comcast on regulatory matters. What he views as overstepping legal bounds, others may view as protecting consumers... Drive Slow, Paul Wall
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- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Richard Bennett (Apr 10)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Paul WALL (Apr 11)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Suresh Ramasubramanian (Apr 11)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Richard Bennett (Apr 12)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Eric Brunner-Williams (Apr 12)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Paul WALL (Apr 12)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast David Andersen (Apr 12)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Richard Bennett (Apr 12)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast James Downs (Apr 12)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Suresh Ramasubramanian (Apr 11)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Stonix Farstone (Apr 12)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Richard Bennett (Apr 12)
- Re: FCC dealt major blow in net neutrality ruling favoring, Comcast Paul WALL (Apr 11)