Ares
20th January 2011, 02:09 PM
Verizon is challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial net neutrality order, becoming the first company to stop the agency from requiring Internet companies to treat all Web traffic equally.
The company filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, claiming the FCC does not have the authority to adopt such sweeping regulations.
“Today’s filing is the result of a careful review of the FCC’s order,” Michael Glover, a Verizon lawyer, said in a statement. “We are deeply concerned by the FCC’s assertion of broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband networks and the Internet itself. We believe this assertion of authority goes well beyond any authority provided by Congress, and creates uncertainty for the communications industry, innovators, investors and consumers.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47911.html#ixzz1BcFgNPSg
The company filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, claiming the FCC does not have the authority to adopt such sweeping regulations.
“Today’s filing is the result of a careful review of the FCC’s order,” Michael Glover, a Verizon lawyer, said in a statement. “We are deeply concerned by the FCC’s assertion of broad authority for sweeping new regulation of broadband networks and the Internet itself. We believe this assertion of authority goes well beyond any authority provided by Congress, and creates uncertainty for the communications industry, innovators, investors and consumers.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47911.html#ixzz1BcFgNPSg