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Court Follows Through, Tosses MetroPCS and Verizon Suits

Apr 4, 2011, 2:37 PM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Jul 28, 2019, 4:32 PM

An appeals court has tossed the lawsuits filed by MetroPCS and Verizon Wireless against the Federal Communications Commission regarding net neutrality. In December 2010, the FCC published a number of rules to be used in governing both wired and wireless broadband networks. Both MetroPCS and Verizon Wireless later sued the FCC over its proposed net neutrality regulations, which they said exceed the FCC's jurisdiction. They sought to prevent the FCC from passing the proposed laws. The FCC argued on January 28 of this year, "The Court should dismiss MetroPCS's notice of appeal because it was filed prior to publication of the Open Internet Order in the Federal Register and is thus jurisdictionally barred." The technicality means the lawsuits are invalid, though Verizon and MetroPCS claim there is an exception to standard procedure when proposed rules will have a direct effect on specific parties. The appeals judge sided with the FCC, and dismissed the lawsuits today on the technicality. MetroPCS and Verizon Wireless will have to refile if they wish to block the FCC's plans.

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Azeron

Apr 4, 2011, 5:13 PM

*Slap* *Slap* *Slap*

Who's next? (Glaring at AT&T)

Dreyfous23

Apr 4, 2011, 3:35 PM

Good!

Who do these providers think they are by trying to tell their customers what they can and can not do with their service. It's like going to a coin op laundry mat and being told that the laundry machine you load your coins in can only be used for color clothes and you brought only your whites... Look, these companies already make a ton of money, do they really need more from content providers?

AndroidRules

True. These suits had no merit whatsoever. Sad that MetroPCS was on it to. That's because those a-holes don't have enough capacity. Big Red is just being their usual greedy selves. Nothing new

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