FCC LIKELY 慡TUCK?WITH NET NEUTRALITY ENFORCEMENT, VON CONFERENCE TOLD

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Enforcing a federal net neutrality law would fall awkwardly but almost inevitably to the FCC, a Washington lawyer said last week at the VON conference in San Jose. 揟he problem that the Congress wants the FCC to solve... is largely because of what the FCC has done,?said Glenn Richards. He said the FCC stirred the net neutrality fight by successively classifying broadband technologies as exempt from Title II common-carrier requirements. The FCC is alone among agencies in having the technical expertise to enforce a net neutrality law, Richards said: 揑s it the best place for enforcement of something like this? Probably not. But I don抰 know a better place.?/font>