Court says net neutrality rules will go into effect Friday
Source: AP
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court says it won't block net neutrality rules, which are set to go into effect Friday as a result even though AT&T, Verizon, and other companies are fighting against them.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit says the United States Telecom Association, the plaintiffs in the case, did not satisfy the requirements for a stay. The ruling is a setback for the industry, but the litigation against the rules will go on.
The court accepted the Telecom Association's request to speed up the proceedings and asked the two sides to submit a schedule for briefing within two weeks.
Last February, the FCC agreed in a 3-2 vote to new rules that specifically prohibit service providers from blocking or slowing Internet traffic. To make sure the FCC has the authority to punish violators, the agency agreed to put Internet service in the same regulatory camp as the telephone and other utilities. That means providers would have to act in the "public interest" when supplying Internet service and refrain from "unjust or unreasonable" business practices.
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
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That means us rural people on satellite will be able to stream movies, right? 
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