Verizon sues FCC to enforce network neutrality principle ultra vires

Beijing time January 21 Morning news, the United States first mobile operator Verizon Wireless in Thursday, accusing the Federal Communications Commission (hereinafter referred to as "FCC") is not empowered to enforce the new "network Neutrality" (net neutrality) principle. "We believe that this claim is beyond the scope of the rights conferred by Congress and creates uncertainty for the communications industry, innovators, investors and consumers."　　"The Verizon Senior vice president and deputy Legal advisor Michael Grove Michael E. Glover. The FCC voted on December 21 and finally passed the "net neutrality" principle by 3:2. With this principle, the FCC will have the right to oversee Internet service providers (hereinafter referred to as "ISPs").　　The FCC's aim is to avoid "unreasonable discrimination" on Internet content, services and applications by ISPs.　　But the FCC's unauthorized expansion of power does not have sufficient legal basis, and industry observers expect ISPs to resort to law. "There is no doubt that there will be a lawsuit against the matter."　　"Rebecca Tushnet, a professor at the University of George Ribecca Tuschneitte, who specializes in digital media, said at the time.　　Verizon last year reached a controversial network neutrality agreement with Google, hoping to prevent the FCC from introducing new rules, but failed. The FCC has repeatedly hit the wall in the process of making rules for ISPs. 2007, the United States's largest ISP Comcast (Comcast) blocked Peer-to-peer file sharing function. The FCC tried to stop Comcast's behavior, and Comcast eventually resorted to law to challenge the FCC's authority.　　In April 2010, the US appeals court ruled that Comcast won. The FCC then redesigned the new rules and launched it last month.　　They adopted a new legal basis in the course of the expansion of this right. But Verizon is not buying it. "Today's lawsuit is the result of a careful study of the FCC order," said Grove. We are deeply concerned about the FCC's expansion of power through the deployment of new broadband networks and internet regulatory policies. "Network-neutral supporters will soon retaliate. Jay Schwartzman, the US nonprofit group Media Access Project policy director, Jay Schwarzman that Verizon singled out its favoured court.　　The company, headquartered in New York, filed a lawsuit against the district Court in Washington, D.C. Verizon is shamelessly fighting this lawsuit against its own court. According to this bizarre jurisprudence, almost all of the FCC's decisions will trigger lawsuits. He said in a statement. (PEI)