Despite Ruling, F.C.C. Says It Will Move Forward on Expanding Broadband

NYT ^ | 4/14/10 | Edward Wyatt

[Nachum]

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told a Congressional panel on Wednesday that a recent court ruling that the agency lacked authority to regulate the Internet should not prevent it from carrying out its plan to broadly expand the country’s high-speed Internet service.

But the chairman refused to say if the commission would try to reclassify Internet service as a utility similar to telephone service to overcome the court decision, a move that some Democratic senators supported but that several Republican senators strongly warned against.

[Nachum]

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[SmokingJoe]

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told a Congressional panel on Wednesday that a recent court ruling that the agency lacked authority to regulate the Internet should not prevent it from carrying out its plan to broadly expand the country’s high-speed Internet service.

Courts?
We doan need no steenking courts!

[Tzimisce]

But...but...the other tyrants and dictators are doing it...

[Pollster1]

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told a Congressional panel on Wednesday that a recent court ruling that the agency lacked authority ...

Authority? We don't need no stinking authority.

[puppypusher]

The FCC should stay away from the Internet.The private telecommi ications companies do a great job already.They would do even better of the government would get out of the way.