Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals (6th Circuit) ruled that the FCC does not have the preemptive authority, under the 1996 Telecom Act, to block state statutory provisions that restrict or prohibit the expansion of municipal broadband into underserved nearby communities.
While the Court acknowledged the public benefits of expanding high-speed broadband, it reversed the FCC's order concluding that the federal regulatory body does not have the authority to reallocate decision-making on this issue from the state to its municipalities.
http://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/16a0189p-06.pdf
No comments:
Post a Comment