[nylug-talk] Monday 26 June 2006 NYSIA: Meeting on Net Neutrality

[Seth Johnson]

They affirmed a decision by the FCC to classify "Internet
service" as an "information service" rather than a
"telecommunications service."  Telecommunications services are
subject to common carrier .


Seth


Sunny Dubey wrote:
> 
> Am Sonntag, 25. Juni 2006 16:51 schrieb jays at panix.com:
> 
> > In 2005 the Supreme Court of the United States of America
> > affirmed a decision of the Federal Communications Commission that
> > the duopoly of the telephone company and the cable company will
> > no longer be regulated under the rule of common carriage when
> > transporting Internet packets.
> 
> I thought this regulation prevents the ISPs from litigation due to not
> entirely legal materlal their customers absolutely love to download ?
> 
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> Sunny Dubey
> 
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