Gigi Sohn: 'American people will resuscitate' net neutrality bill in Senate

Gigi Sohn, a former counselor to former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said, “I just have to push back a little bit on this [claim the bill] doesn’t have a chance in the Senate. I know what leader [Mitch] McConnell said — I believe the American people will resuscitate the dead on arrival bill.  Referring to a case that is challenging the decision to end the Obama-era rules on net neutrality, she added, "What you must understand is that there is litigation going on right now to challenge the 2018 repeal. I was at the five-hour oral argument and I think we have a really good chance of winning — if we win and the 2015 open internet order gets restored, I think that may bring the broadband providers back to the table." But Sohn argued that internet service providers would be “better off” with the net neutrality bill rather than waiting to let the fight play out in the courts. "They’re better off with this bill that puts in place the restrictions on what the FCC can do to broadband internet access providers — if they lose the case the FCC has more power to regulate them than if this bill passes.”