{"id":3608,"date":"2016-06-14T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/press-release\/d-c-circuit-affirms-fccs-open-internet-rules-protects-net-neutrality-for-consumers\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T22:37:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T22:37:32","slug":"d-c-circuit-affirms-fccs-open-internet-rules-protects-net-neutrality-for-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/d-c-circuit-affirms-fccs-open-internet-rules-protects-net-neutrality-for-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Circuit Affirms FCC\u2019s Open Internet Rules, Protects Net Neutrality for Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-13b15c1b-4f4b-8197-0245-beadb3cb7cb7\">Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/policy\/dc-circuit-open-internet-opinion-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released its opinion<\/a> reviewing the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s February 2015 decision to reclassify wireline and wireless broadband access service as a &#8220;Telecommunications Service&#8221; and to use the authority of Title II of the Communications Act to impose network neutrality rules. Public Knowledge supports an Open Internet, which is the idea that no Internet Service Provider should be able to block or throttle your connection to control your online experience.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-13b15c1b-4f4b-8197-0245-beadb3cb7cb7\">The following may be attributed to Gene Kimmelman, President and CEO of Public Knowledge:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-13b15c1b-4f4b-8197-0245-beadb3cb7cb7\">&#8220;Today, the Court of Appeals has affirmed the FCC&#8217;s authority to protect consumers and innovation on the internet. This decision should lay to rest what has become a needlessly contentious issue. Now consumers will be assured the right to full access to the internet without interference from gatekeepers. We hope that rather than refight old battles, Congress and the industry will turn toward the problem of ensuring that all Americans have access to broadband that is &#8216;fast, fair and open.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You may view our <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/issue\/net-neutrality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">issue page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/publicknowledge.org\/net-neutrality-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">net neutrality timeline<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit released its opinion reviewing the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s February 2015 decision to reclassify wireline and wireless broadband access service as a &#8220;Telecommunications Service&#8221; and to use the authority of Title II of the Communications Act to impose network neutrality rules. Public Knowledge supports an Open Internet, which is the idea that no Internet Service Provider should be able to block or throttle your connection to control your online experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-3608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-net-neutrality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>D.C. 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