[180985] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DC Circuit denies stay on Neutrality
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Sat Jun 13 06:34:14 2015
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From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <10808022.1505.1434122748828.JavaMail.mhammett@ThunderFuck>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:30:47 -0400
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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Hundreds of people / companies on both sides.=20
The point of the article is not "Verizon lost", but that the FCC was not "cr=
azy power-usurping unlawful" (direct quote from article).
I.e. The FFC has at least a moderate chance of prevailing.
Whether they should or not is actually not the point and only slightly relat=
ed to the decision. Legal decisions are often misinterpreted by the press an=
d lay people, and I'm sure this one will be to a great extent. I think the a=
rticle did a good job of explaining it to anyone who reads it with an open m=
ind.=20
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TTFN,
patrick
Composed on a virtual keyboard, please forgive typos.=20
> On Jun 12, 2015, at 11:25, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
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> Mike Hammett=20
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: "Jay Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>=20
> To: nanog@nanog.org=20
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 10:20:28 AM=20
> Subject: DC Circuit denies stay on Neutrality=20
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> Here is a delightful wacky weekend starter culture for you: a backgrounder=
on exactly what it means that the DC Circuit denied Verizon et alia a stay o=
f execution on Title II reclassification.=20
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> Complete with bonus brony references.=20
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> http://www.wetmachine.com/tales-of-the-sausage-factory/net-neutrality-liti=
gation-round-1-goes-to-the-fcc/=20
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> Cheers,=20
> --jra=20
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> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.=20
