Verizon appeals FCC’s net neutrality rules

Verizon’s gone to the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC today to officially take issue with the net neutrality policy that the FCC laid out in the waning moments of 2010, saying that it’s “deeply concerned by the FCC’s assertion of broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband networks and the Internet itself.” The company’s extremely brief press release on the matter doesn’t detail where their issues lie, specifically, but they’d said back in December that they had concerns , so the move doesn’t come as a terribly big surprise. If we had to guess, the no-blocking rules surrounding wireless networks are certainly high on that list of concerns — Verizon and others have long said that wireless needs to be left largely out of the net neutrality debate — but we won’t know until we’re able to dig into the court case. Follow the break for the press release. Continue reading Verizon appeals FCC’s net neutrality rules Verizon appeals FCC’s net neutrality rules originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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