On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia issued a ruling challenging the FCC's decision to slap Comcast on the wrist in 2008 for the cable giant's throttling of P2P traffic traveling over its pipes. The ruling decreed that the FCC has overstepped its authority in censuring Comcast and puts into jeopardy — or at least delays — the agency's efforts to regulate network neutrality. The ruling may also be the final push that forces Congress to take up comprehensive reform of how broadband networks are regulated in the U.S.
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Stacey Higginbotham
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