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Net neutrality’s court fate depends on whether broadband is “telecommunications” (arstechnica.com)
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Net neutrality’s court fate depends on whether broadband is “telecommunications”::We dig deep into how Supreme Court's "major questions doctrine" could affect FCC.

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[–] [email protected] 124 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Nope, it’s definitely not telecommunications. I consider it more of a soft cheese, heavy in dairy.

What in the absolute fuck would it be other than telecommunications?

[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I had the same question, so for anyone who doesn't want to dig through the article:

To defend its 2017 repeal of net neutrality rules, the Pai FCC argued that broadband isn't a telecommunications service because Internet providers also offer DNS (Domain Name System) services and caching as part of the broadband package. A judge said the Pai FCC was entitled to deference on this opinion—even if it didn't make a lot of sense.

Basically, Trump's lackeys legally classified broadband as an "information service" to screw the American people and the question is whether the Supreme Court will go along with this blatant nonsense.

[–] SkepticalButOpenMinded 7 points 1 year ago

Why didn’t anyone sue when this ridiculous reclassification happened under Pai? If there was a lawsuit and it failed, I should hope this sane reclassification prevails. But we don’t have a very partisan court system right now.

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