Internet

Bad News for Net Neutrality

Aw crap.

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.

The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is a big victory for Comcast Corp., the nation's largest cable company. It had challenged the FCC's authority to impose so-called "net neutrality" obligations on broadband providers.

I'm not sure what the next step is. I assume in order to lock down net neutrality there needs to be a law passed that trumps the authority of the FCC and the ISPs.