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Net neutrality rules bar internet service providers from
blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes.
USTelecom CEO Jonathan Spalter of the group, whose members
include AT&T, Verizon, SpaceX and others, called the effort
"entirely counterproductive, unnecessary, and an anti-consumer
regulatory distraction."
NCTA - The Internet & Television Association, representing major
internet service providers including Comcast, said the plan
would "seriously jeopardize our nation’s collective efforts to
build and sustain reliable broadband in rural and unserved
communities," and said it would result in "years of litigation
and uncertainty."
Reuters first reported the FCC's plan to vote on April 25. The
commission wants to assume new regulatory oversight of broadband
internet that was rescinded under Trump, FCC Chair Jessica
Rosenworcel told Reuters Tuesday.
Reinstatement of the rules has been a priority of Democratic
President Joe Biden.
The Computer & Communications Industry Association, whose
members include Amazon.com, Apple, Alphabet and Meta Platforms,
in December backed reinstatement, arguing that the rules "must
be reinstated to preserve open access to the internet."
Republican Senator Ted Cruz said Wednesday said net neutrality
rules "will raise prices, crowd out innovation, undermine
broadband deployment, and benefit no one except the overbearing
Biden FCC in its never-ending efforts to control the internet."
Democratic Senator Ed Markey said reinstating "net neutrality
protections is vital to protecting the free and open internet
and ensuring the FCC has authority over broadband."
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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