Net Neutrality Court Decision Hailed by Title II Fans

Washington was quick to weigh in on the latest news in the multi-front debate/battle over Open Internet rules—that was the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit decision not to review a three-judge panel of that court's decision that the Federal Communications Commission was within its authority to reclassify Internet service providers as common carriers after years of treating them as information services rather than telecommunications.

“The D.C. Circuit has once again confirmed that the FCC's Open Internet rules are lawful and supported by the evidence," said Public Knowledge senior counsel John Bergmayer. "Now, the primary threat to these important consumer protections is FCC Chairman Pai's determination to roll them back, and to hand more power to monopolistic internet access providers.”