Sunday, March 29, 2015

Net Neutrality Legal Faces Series of Legal Challenges



Immediately after the net neutrality launched, US broadband providers have filed legal challenges regarding the new net neutrality rules. According to Digital Marketing Agency,   this legal action, bring by the broadband industry trade group USTelecom and Texas-based provider Alamo Broadband Inc, is treated as the first series of legal challenged.
FCC agreed some point of the net neutrality enshrined in U.S law, such as the principle that internet access cannot be blocked or slowed in favour of services that pay for so-called fast lanes; however, USTelecom said, “the rules which internet service providers would be defined as public utilities and more heavily regulated, were "arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion" and violated various US laws, regulations and rulemaking procedures.”
Additionally, Walter McCormick, industry body's president, said, “our members encourage the enactment of open internet principle into law, yet we reject the using of new regulatory regime chosen by the FCC.”

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