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There's a very long history of industries considered so vital to other kinds of commerce that they can be classified as "common carriers" that are not allowed t
by rsingel 8y ago
There's a very long history of industries considered so vital to other kinds of commerce that they can be classified as "common carriers" that are not allowed to discriminate against what things to transport.
These are known as common carriers. Here's a short list:
Every domestic passenger airline
Every domestic freight carrying airline
Busses
Ferries
Cabs
Lyft
Uber
FedEx
UPS
USPS
Passenger Railroads
Freight Rail Service
Many oil pipelines
Even roller coasters
Landlines
Mobile phone service
Applying Title II of the Communications Act to broadband service, which applies common carrier obligations and privileges (e.g. you can't get sued for what you carry) isn't a violation of Verizon's free speech rights and ruling so isn't conservative at all.