McDowell’s Take – FCC Will Lose Net Neutrality Case
By | July 11, 2013
As the Sept 9 oral argument date for the net neutrality case at DC Circuit Court of Appeals nears, former Republican FCC commish Robert McDowell predicts that the FCC will at best lose 2-1. Verizon is suing the agency over its ’10 Open Internet Order, which includes rules requiring network transparency, no blocking and no unreasonable discrimination. Read on for McDowell’s reasoning as explained while speaking on a Hudson Institute panel Wed.
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