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ISPs seek halt of net neutrality rules before they take effect next month

2 points by leotravis10 2y ago

leotravis10 2y ago
> Lobby groups representing cable, telecom, and mobile Internet service providers sued the FCC in several US appeals courts last week. Industry groups also filed a petition with the FCC on Friday asking for a stay of the rules, claiming the regulations shouldn't take effect while litigation is pending because the industry is likely to prevail in court. > If the industry loses at the appeals-court level again, lobby groups would seek review at the Supreme Court. Their hopes depend partly on Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who argued in a 2017 dissent as a circuit court judge that the "net neutrality rule is unlawful and must be vacated" because "Congress did not clearly authorize the FCC to issue the net neutrality rule." As I predicited six months ago that the US Supreme Court is going to have to get involved to settle this matter one way or another: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38224394 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38224394 Also from paulddraper at the same thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38225342 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38225342
advael 2y ago
O no, the poor megacorporations will have a harder time getting loans from kleptocrats if we close off some of their avenues for predatory behavior! If the US government had anything resembling a center-left party (Like even something milquetoast like the German SPD) anywhere near it, we'd have nationalized this sector entirely by now. If ISPs were subject to market forces in any real sense, every current entrenched player would be scrambling to compete with startups who could trivially create better offerings. ISPs have occupied a ridiculous position as a pampered cartel protected by the government for essentially the entire time they've been relevant. If a perfunctory level of regulation for one of the most important utilities in an American household is too much for them to do business, they should not be in business

2 points by leotravis10 2y ago

> Lobby groups representing cable, telecom, and mobile Internet service providers sued the FCC in several US appeals courts last week. Industry groups also filed a petition with the FCC on Friday asking for a stay of the rules, claiming the regulations shouldn't take effect while litigation is pending because the industry is likely to prevail in court. > If the industry loses at the appeals-court level again, lobby groups would seek review at the Supreme Court. Their hopes depend partly on Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who argued in a 2017 dissent as a circuit court judge that the "net neutrality rule is unlawful and must be vacated" because "Congress did not clearly authorize the FCC to issue the net neutrality rule." As I predicited six months ago that the US Supreme Court is going to have to get involved to settle this matter one way or another: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38224394 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38224394 Also from paulddraper at the same thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38225342 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38225342

advael 2y ago

O no, the poor megacorporations will have a harder time getting loans from kleptocrats if we close off some of their avenues for predatory behavior! If the US government had anything resembling a center-left party (Like even something milquetoast like the German SPD) anywhere near it, we'd have nationalized this sector entirely by now. If ISPs were subject to market forces in any real sense, every current entrenched player would be scrambling to compete with startups who could trivially create better offerings. ISPs have occupied a ridiculous position as a pampered cartel protected by the government for essentially the entire time they've been relevant. If a perfunctory level of regulation for one of the most important utilities in an American household is too much for them to do business, they should not be in business