FCC Or Comcast? Who Should Control Broadband?

Does the Federal Communications Commission have the legal authority to regulate Internet access? It's a question that could throw a monkey wrench into the FCC's national broadband plan. A case brought by Comcast against the FCC is pending before the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the big telecoms are pressing Congress to step in. Sascha Meinrath, who directs the Open Technology Initiative at the non-partisan New America Foundation, says, "We could end up with a moment where all rules and regulations go out the window. It would have profoundly detrimental impacts on our privacy, detrimental impacts on what we pay every month. It would have detrimental impacts on just creating and maintaining a healthy marketplace."