FCC/DOJ Oppose FSN Motion to Respond to Net Neutrality Petitions for Rehearing
The FCC and DOJ opposed a Full Service Network motion to respond to petitions for rehearing challenges to the commission's network neutrality and broadband reclassification order, which a court panel upheld in June (see 1606140023). FSN filed its response on…
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Oct. 3 without court authorization and then filed its motion on Oct. 10, said the FCC/DOJ filing Wednesday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (USTelecom v. FCC, No. 15-1063). "Essentially, FSN's 'response' is an untimely petition for rehearing." FSN, a petitioner challenging the FCC order in the original case, said the statute required the commission to classify broadband as a telecom service under Title II of the Communications Act, but the commission decision to forbear from much ISP regulation was "unreasonable" (see 1610040032).