Once again, "what in the world was he thinking" is what I wonder, wrt Chairman
Pai's stubborn and single-minded, zealot behavior, along with deceit (just the
name of the order is deceitful) and even lies (e.g. that the FCC overstepped
its authority, when it reclassified something **it** had originally
misclassified).
Hey John, get enough states involved, and you won't need to worry about bad
actors getting in the way, in the middle. Assuming that would make sense. The
biggest risk is in the local ISPs, I would think, since they are the ones that
collect subscriber fees, and stand to benefit from behaving in their ISP
function as they do when providing legacy MVPD service.
Nice to see democracy, and checks and balances, in action. Talk about
"overreach." Let's see some decisive action to stamp out overt government
corruption.
Bert
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http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/states-file-petitions-undo-fccs-internet-rule-rollback/171169
Washington
Jan 17, 2018 12:46 PM ET
States File Petitions to Undo FCC's Internet Rule Rollback
Join others in "abundance of caution' petitions
By John Eggerton
Add 22 state attorneys general (AGs) to those filing "protective petitions"
with a D.C. federal appeals court, seeking to overturn the FCC's Dec. 14
decision to roll back Internet regulations.
Led by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the AGs said they
were filing the petitions in an abundance of caution to reserve the right to be
in a venue lottery if (or more likely, when) petitions to overturn the rules
are filed in multiple appeals courts, which would trigger a lottery to choose
among those courts.
Similar petitions have been filed by Public Knowledge and the Open Technology
Institute, also in case the order is deemed final on the date it was issued,
rather than when it is published in the Federal Register, though the FCC said
that publication would be the trigger.
The AGs want the court to "hold unlawful, vacate, enjoin and set aside the
Restoring Internet Freedom Order, which rolls back the Title II
reclassification of ISPs and reverses the internet regulations against
blocking, throttling and paid prioritization.
"The repeal of net neutrality would turn internet service providers into
gatekeepers - allowing them to put profits over consumers while controlling
what we see, what we do, and what we say online," said Schneiderman. "This
would be a disaster for New York consumers and businesses, and for everyone who
cares about a free and open internet."
In addition to New York, other states joining in the suit include California,
Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, as well as the
District of Columbia.
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