Internet providers won’t rest until the government’s net-neutrality rules are dead
Internet providers who oppose the government's net-neutrality rules will once again take the issue to court this week as they ask more than a dozen federal judges to throw out the regulations.
A Washington trade group representing cellular carriers, CTIA, will be requesting a rehearing of the case by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, according to a person familiar with the matter. Likely joining the group will be AT&T, the trade association USTelecom and a number of others, according to another person familiar with the issue. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss pending legal proceedings.
The challenge comes weeks after the industry was broadly defeated at the D.C. Circuit Court, when three judges ruled to uphold the net-neutrality rules, which dramatically broaden the government's ability to regulate Internet providers. As written, the rules ban the blocking and slowing of Internet traffic by companies, such as Comcast and Verizon, as well as wireless carriers, such as T-Mobile and Sprint. In defending the rules from the industry's legal assault, the Federal Communications Commission argued that discriminating against some types of online content while giving other types preferential treatment would create an uneven playing field.
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