WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) – The telecommunications industry US plans to fight tooth and nail against the call of the President Barack Obama to introduce stricter regulations for service providers Internet to preserve what is known as net neutrality . The ‘telcos’ plan to present your case to the relevant regulators, the courts and Congress.
Obama surprised Monday to the telecommunications community to urge the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC , for its acronym in English) to reclassify Internet service providers (ISPs) so they can be regulated as utilities, as a way to preserve the “ net neutrality “. The industry is upset at the threat of harsher style of governing utility regulations. “It’s like trying to swat a fly with a hammer,” said an industry representative cable television.
If the pressure fails with the FCC, the telecommunications industry could use a Legal Battle in a court in the past has favored the sector and appeal to Republicans of the regulation–contrarios Congress to intervene. “We want to convince the commission to have a legally sustainable option,” said a lobbyist for telecommunications, speaking anonymously to discuss the work in progress. “But we’ll also be prepared to fight in the courts and in Congress.”
manifest Experts divided over whether the government or telecom industry will prevail in court. Much depends on the wording of the rules, the FCC has not released yet. The dispute seems sure if FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, proposed standards in line with Obama’s request. However, Wheeler could favorer a less aggressive approach as a way to establish a stronger legal basis
A legal fight -with which has threatened AT & amp;. T , one of the leading telecommunications companies in the United States could begin in the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, which rejected the above rules of neutrality for the network from the FCC in 2010 and 2014, and would eventually go to the Supreme Court .
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