The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently reversed a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that penalized Comcast Corp. for violating the Commissions network neutrality Internet principles. Those principles include a content-access requirement that the FCC said precluded broadband operators and other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from using network management practices to block or "throttle" specific Internet Protocol (IP) based services.
The FCCs assertion of authority over the Internet has now come into question. It is also now unclear how the FCC can implement many of the proposals put forward in its recent National Broadband Plan.
This panel, representing the different views in the debate over net neutrality, will engage in a spirited discussion that will include the following topics:
Interpretation of the Comcast decision
The regulatory environment before and after Comcast
Potential legislative responses
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