FCC Quickly Rejects Requests for Stay of Net Neutrality Order
The FCC Friday formally denied two petitions asking the agency to stay the February net neutrality order. They were filed by AT&T, CenturyLink, CTIA, USTelecom and the Wireless ISP Association, and also by NCTA and the American Cable Association. That…
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development was expected (see 1505010059). The order was signed by the chiefs of the Wireline and Wireless bureaus. “Petitioners have failed to demonstrate that they are likely to succeed on the merits,” one of the things the FCC looks at in deciding whether to grant a stay, the agency said. The FCC also denied an argument that industry faces “irreparable harm” if a stay is not granted. “Petitioners’ broad arguments regarding an environment of uncertainty ignore that they already were subject to a case-by-case standard governing their conduct,” the order states. “For over two years while the 2010 Open Internet rules were in effect, all fixed broadband providers were subject to a prohibition on ‘unreasonable discrimination.' Moreover, all [broadband Internet access service] providers are subject to general legal standards under other federal and state laws and regulations that govern their conduct with respect to protecting consumers and competition.”