{"id":17834,"date":"2019-10-02T11:53:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/?p=17834"},"modified":"2019-10-02T11:53:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:53:27","slug":"whats-next-for-net-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/whats-next-for-net-neutrality\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Next for Net Neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you may have heard, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/press-release\/public-knowledge-applauds-d-c-circuit-court-ruling-preventing-fcc-from-blocking-state-net-neutrality-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">long-awaited decision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mozilla v. FCC<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> came out yesterday. First the bad news: The Federal Communications Commission won on the main issue, which is broadband <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/issues\/net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reclassification<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But there&#8217;s good news, too, in that the Court completely rejected the FCC&#8217;s attempts to prevent states from passing their own net neutrality rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Court&#8217;s opinion is incredibly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadc.uscourts.gov\/internet\/opinions.nsf\/FA43C305E2B9A35485258486004F6D0F\/$file\/18-1051-1808766.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">long and complex<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and we&#8217;re going to be considering the implications in the weeks to come. But for now, here&#8217;s a quick look at where the fight to protect broadband users is headed next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Courts<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Either side might appeal. I don&#8217;t think anyone has made a final decision yet. Our side is of course disappointed that we lost on the reclassification question &#8212; although the Court didn&#8217;t appear particularly impressed with the FCC&#8217;s arguments, the judges felt constrained by a highly deferential standard of review set by the Supreme Court, so the FCC carried the day. (Remember, this same court has also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/press-release\/dc-circuit-court-upholds-open-internet-rules-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">repeatedly upheld <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the previous FCC\u2019s decision to classify broadband as telecommunications, and to apply net neutrality rules to ISPs. If anything, yesterday\u2019s court opinion makes the choice by the FCC whether or not to regulate broadband even more of a policy decision, as opposed to a legal question.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are some silver linings in that some of the FCC&#8217;s arguments were not accepted &#8212; notably, its bizarre claim that accessing an information service with a telecommunications service somehow transforms the telecommunications service into an information service &#8212; but it would have been nicer to win on the reclassification point, and broadband remains an unregulated &#8220;information service&#8221; under the law. (It&#8217;s important to note that an information service isn&#8217;t just a different kind of communications service that the FCC regulates &#8212; it&#8217;s not just moving broadband from one regulatory bucket to another. An information service is a service that the FCC, by default, doesn&#8217;t regulate at all. Besides broadband, other examples of information services include databases, Amazon.com, Uber&#8217;s dispatch platform, dial-a-joke lines, and telephone answering services.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all that said, whether and how to appeal the D.C. Circuit\u2019s decision is a complex strategic question that I cannot answer for you today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other side might appeal, too, given that the loss on the preemption question could subject broadband providers to state-level broadband consumer protection rules they would rather not comply with. So we&#8217;ll see.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>States<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FCC&#8217;s attempt to preempt states from regulating broadband was soundly rejected by the Court. That means that states now basically have a green light to enact whatever broadband rules they want, including net neutrality rules that go as far or further than the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/blog\/a-landmark-day-for-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015 Open Internet Order<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/8\/31\/17805892\/california-sb822-net-neutrality-law-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some states<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> already have such rules in place, though they have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/10\/26\/18029226\/net-neutrality-fcc-california-law-ajit-pai-scott-wiener\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agreed not to enforce<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> them until this litigation is over and done with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a general matter, of course, federal agencies (and Congress!) can preempt state laws. But here, the FCC didn&#8217;t just decide that a deregulatory approach was good policy. It found that it had no jurisdiction over broadband at all &#8212; and attempted to use this as a basis for preemption. That, of course, doesn&#8217;t work, as the Court ably explained. The National Park Service doesn&#8217;t regulate toasters, but that doesn&#8217;t give it the authority to preempt state appliance safety laws. To preempt states, the FCC would need to actually have rules on the books about broadband that conflict with state laws &#8212; and it hasn&#8217;t enacted any, and can&#8217;t, unless it either reclassifies broadband as a Title II service once again, or asserts ancillary authority over broadband. The current FCC has not been eager, to say the least, to take either path. (By the way, this is why the spin from the FCC that \u201cconflict preemption\u201d remains a possibility is so hollow. What particular FCC requirements do state net neutrality laws conflict with? You\u2019d think if the Commission had been able to think of any, it would have cited them in the litigation instead of relying on an invented and legally meaningless \u201cfederal policy of nonregulation.\u201d)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FCC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/press-release\/fcc-abandons-consumer-protection-responsibility-with-net-neutrality-repeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FCC&#8217;s 2017 Order<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a whole was not vacated, three specific issues were sent back to the Commission for reconsideration: the effect of broadband deregulation on access to utility poles by competitive ISPs; its effect on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/general\/lifeline-program-low-income-consumers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lifeline program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which makes broadband more affordable to low-income individuals; and the effect of deregulation on public safety (e.g., fire departments who count on mobile broadband). The Commission will have to open proceedings to deal with all of these topics, and accept public comment on them, as well. Each of these issues is of course closely related to the basic question of broadband deregulation. For example, it may be that the only way the FCC can fulfill its legal duty to protect and promote public safety is to revisit its decision to abdicate authority over broadband. So, while the issues that were remanded to the FCC may seem somewhat narrow, their implications may be broad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Antitrust and Other Federal Agencies<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FCC argued that antitrust law and consumer protection agencies like the Federal Trade Commission could take over for the FCC in ensuring that broadband consumers were protected. While the Court said that the FCC offered &#8220;anemic analysis&#8221; on this point and just &#8220;barely survives arbitrary and capricious review on this issue,&#8221; it did survive, and the Court did not order the FCC to redo or rethink its terrible analysis. (And even if it had &#8212; without revisiting the classification issue itself, the fact remains that the FTC has jurisdiction for the moment over broadband practices, and the FCC does not.) While we still don&#8217;t think that the FTC is the right agency for the job, for the moment, we will do what we can to hold the FTC to account to ensure that it is doing its best to protect broadband consumers from unfair practices, and to police anticompetitive practices in the broadband industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatisnetneutrality.tumblr.com\/timeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17963 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/button_net-neutrality-timeline.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Congress<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is actually broad consensus that Congress should ultimately act to address net neutrality and define the contours of the FCC\u2019s authority over broadband providers. The fact that there\u2019s something for everyone to be unhappy with in yesterday\u2019s Court ruling provides some hope that Congress might be able to step in to finally pass legislation to achieve these goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this year, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/press-release\/public-knowledge-applauds-house-for-passing-save-the-internet-act-to-restore-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House passed the Save the Internet Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Last year, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate approved a Congressional Review Act resolution to toss the Pai-FCC\u2019s net neutrality repeal and reinstate the 2015 Open Internet Order. Clearly, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/act-now\/tell-congress-to-save-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the most straightforward path to passing the net neutrality legislation is for the Senate to pass the bill<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that has actually passed out of the House.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passing the Save the Internet Act would accomplish the goals of most prominent groups in the net neutrality conversation while also remedying many of the most painful losses hung on those same stakeholders by Tuesday\u2019s D.C. Circuit ruling. For example, public interest and consumer advocates want the FCC to have broad authority under Title II of the Communications Act to protect consumers. Broadband providers would prefer a single federal standard for broadband regulation, rather than the possibility of navigating fifty different state approaches. Broadband providers and consumers both want consistency and certainty with regards to the FCC\u2019s consumer protection authority. Policymakers in Congress and at the FCC have long talked about closing the digital divide and ensuring federal policies are aimed at promoting universal service, as well as rolling out next-generation networks, like 5G wireless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passing the Save the Internet Act is actually an elegant solution to address each of these issues. The lack of legal authority for the FCC to protect consumers and promote competition is remedied by reinstating Title II classification. The lack of regulatory certainty and desire to have a single, federal standard for broadband regulation is addressed, preempting state laws and setting clear federal rules that cannot be undermined by forbearance. The murkiness that the Court\u2019s decision cast over the FCC\u2019s authority to ensure broadband providers can deploy networks by accessing utility poles and rights of way would be resolved, as would the FCC\u2019s authority to support broadband deployment and adoption through the Universal Service Fund programs. In both instances, the agency would have the tools and authority to promote deployment and universal service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The House has passed its net neutrality bill. Now, the pressure is on the Senate to resolve the issues laid bare by yesterday\u2019s Court ruling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/act-now\/tell-congress-to-save-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17849 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/button_tell-congress-to-save-net-neutrality.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/center><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one would like this issue to be resolved more than Public Knowledge. Heck, we thought it *was* resolved the last time we went in front of the D.C. Circuit, and the Wheeler-FCC&#8217;s net neutrality <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/press-release\/dc-circuit-court-upholds-open-internet-rules-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rules were upheld<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But policy and politics sometimes surprises you, and you have to adapt. Net neutrality is of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/whatisnetneutrality.tumblr.com\/timeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">foundational importance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and we&#8217;re not going to give up, or to settle for some sort of &#8220;compromise&#8221; that leaves consumers unprotected in key ways. The Court&#8217;s decision yesterday was another surprise, and I don&#8217;t think anyone predicted exactly how it came out. But we are going to continue to press in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/act-now\/tell-congress-to-save-net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">every way we can<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make sure that the internet remains a free and open platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/button_support-our-work_(2).png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may have heard, the long-awaited decision in Mozilla v. FCC came out yesterday. First the bad news: The Federal Communications Commission won on the main issue, which is broadband reclassification. 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