It is also interesting to note the Net Neutrality opponents whining about the FCC “legislating”. The FCC didn’t legislate anything. The FCC chose to wield existing legislation in a new way.
There are also many who believe this issue should have been left up to Congress. Well, there are two points to consider there. First, the FCC is an agency created by Congress and chartered to regulate interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. In other words, the FCC is an extension of the authority of Congress created specifically to manage and oversee these things on behalf of the US government.
I agree, though, that Congress should have done something. At any point in the last five or six years Congress could have ended the Net Neutrality debate by simply clarifying or reaffirming its support for the authority of the FCC. The only reason we got to this point is because greedy ISPs believe they’re outside of the jurisdiction of the agency specifically created to oversee the industry. Congress could have let the ISPs know in very clear language that this belief is false.
Instead the FCC was left to fend for itself, and it did so. Is Title II the best solution? No. The best solution is the one that we had for decades—the vision outlined by Prince in his blog post. Unfortunately the ISPs destroyed that solution so now we need Title II to protect US citizens and the Internet from the greedy, petulant children who deliver the Internet service.
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