Fccs decision and the restoring Internet Freedom order was permissible and was, essentially, completely upheld. Its a big win for consumers, its a big win for innovators, big win for investment in broadband in america. And essentially e what the court said was that the fccs decision to regulate Broadband Internet access as an Information Service, as it largely has been for the last 20 years outside of a twoyear period under the title ii order, was permissible. Its consistent with Supreme Court precedent, and this d. C. Circuit was not going to make a determination that the fccs crassification classification was incorrect. Because its within their discretion as the Expert Agency to classify broadband as an Information Service or as a telecommunication service. What it did also say was that the commission and the one area where the commissions decision was vacated, which doesnt come up until page 121 of the report. Everything up to that point was upheld. That, look, the fcc, you dont hav
About internet policy questions. Net neutrality is toward the top of that list. All of us may not agree on how to approach Net Neutrality, its important for all of us. We have a chance to hear from various stakeholders on how we should be thinking about it. This is been an issue for many years. Important to many of us. She let an amicus brief. The lead plaintiff is headquartered in our district, which we are proud of. Did a town hall with the commissioner of the fcc focused on Net Neutrality. Im looking forward to what you have to say. On behalf of the caucus, i want to ask thank the panelists for helping inform the debate. I want to thank tim for helping host and organize this. She is to be a follow at the academy and is now at brookings. Thanks for the introduction. Thank you for attending our panel today. Thank you for cohosting this pal. I am looking forward to discussing the just Circuit Decision last week. Im looking forward to discussing the case with our panelists. We have the
Joining us to discuss this issue gigi sohn, former fcc chair tom wheelers adviser currently with the Georgetown Law Institute for technology. And the Senior Vice President at u. S. Telecom, trade Association Patrick halley washington, d. C. Give us of lawyers assessment of what the d. C. Court of appeals ruled. The d. C. Court of appeals ruled that the secs decision was permissible in the industry storing Internet Freedom order. And it was completely upheld. As a big win for consumers and innovators and a big win for broadband in america. Essentially, with the court said to that the secs decision regulate Broadband Internet access as an Information Service as it largely has been for the last 20 years outside of a twoyear. Under the title to order, was permissible. It is consistent with Supreme Court precedent and this d. C. Circuit judge going to make a determination that the fccs classification was incorrect. Because it is within their discretion as the Expert Agency to classify broad
One of the cochairs of the internet caucus, along with her presented of doug collins. The internet caucus was created 20 years ago to inform this debate and discussion about key internet policy questions, and of course Net Neutrality is toward the top of that list. Even though all of us or our bosses may not agree on how to approach Net Neutrality, this is important for all of us. Net neutrality has been a top issue for my boss for many years. The lead plaintiff is headquartered in our district, which we are proud of. This year, we did a town hall with the commissioner of the fcc focused on Net Neutrality. Im looking forward to what you have to say. On behalf of the caucus, i want to ask thank the panelists for helping inform the debate. I want to thank tim for helping host and organize this. She is to be a follow at the academy and is now at brookings. Thanks for the introduction. Thank you for attending our panel today. Thank you for cohosting this pal. I am looking forward to discus
This week on the communicators, discussion of the recent d. C. Court of appeals decision on internet regulation, also known as Net Neutrality. Joining us to discuss this issue gigi sohn, former fcc chair tom wheelers adviser, currently with the Georgetown Law Institute for technology. And the Senior Vice President at u. S. Telecom, trade Association Patrick halley washington, d. C. Give us of lawyers assessment of what the d. C. Court of appeals ruled. The d. C. Court of appeals ruled that the secs decision was permissible in the industry storing Internet Freedom order. It was completely upheld. It was a big win for consumers and innovators and a big win for broadband in america. Essentially, with the court said was that the secs decision to regulate Broadband Internet access as an Information Service as it largely has been for the last 20 years outside of a twoyear period. Under the title to order, was permissible. It is consistent with Supreme Court precedent and this d. C. Circuit j