The FCC Wants to Hear More About Net Neutrality

In early October 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its ruling in Mozilla Corporation vs Federal Communications Commission, the case that challenged the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of network neutrality rules (the Restoring Internet Freedom Order) and reclassification of broadband internet access service as an "information service" rather than a "telecommunications service." The mixed decision generally upheld the repeal -- but with caveats. The court remanded the net neutrality order back to the FCC on three discrete issues: public safety, pole attachments, and Lifeline. Earlier this month, the court also declined to rehear the case so in a public notice released this week, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau seeks to refresh the record regarding the issues remanded to the FCC by the District of Columbia Circuit Court. Here are the questions the FCC is asking.