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Monday, November 24, 2014

FCC Anticipating Court Action Over Net Neutrality


The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that the agency was taking its time formulating a net neutrality policy because he wanted to be able to defend the rules against an inevitable court challenge, which he expects whatever policy the commission approves. reports The NY Times.

“The big dogs are going to sue regardless of what comes out,” the chairman, Tom Wheeler, told reporters after the F.C.C.’s monthly public meeting. “We need to make sure we have sustainable rules and that starts with making sure that we have addressed the multiplicity of issues that come along.”

Aides have said that no decision on net neutrality would come till next year. Mr. Wheeler said on Friday that he did not want to see further delay. “I want to move forward on open Internet rules with dispatch,” he said. “I also want open Internet rules that are sustained. And that’s the process that we are going through.”

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