Ars Technica
Internet providers say the FCC should not investigate broadband prices
Internet service providers and their lobby groups are fighting the Federal Communications Commission's plan to prohibit discrimination in access to broadband services.
Mobile data broker Kochava’s “staggering” sale of sensitive info exposed in unsealed FTC filing (Ars Technica)
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Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 10/10/2023 - 23:37Net neutrality’s court fate depends on whether broadband is “telecommunications”
The Federal Communications Commission currently regulates broadband internet access service (BIAS, if you will) as an "information service" under Title I of the Communications Act. As the FCC contemplates reclassifying BIAS as a telecommunications service under Title II's common-carrier framework, the question is whether the FCC has authority to do so. Federal appeals courts have upheld previous FCC decisions on whether to apply common carrier rules to broadband.