378: Broadband Regulation at the Zombie FCC

Berin Szóka (TechFreedom) and James Dunstan (TechFreedom) discuss the FCC’s recent orders on Title II common-carrier regulation and digital discrimination.

Topics include:

• A hundred years of telecom law in four minutes
• The craziest story in the history of federal regulation
• FCC: Huzzah for crappy Internet (like in Europe)!
• SCOTUS: Congress must tackle major questions!
• Disparate treatment vs. disparate impact
• The FCC crams an elephant in a mousehole

Links:

Zombie FCC vs. Schoolhouse-Rock Supreme Court

FCC Revives Common Carriage for the Internet

TechFreedom’s brief in the digital discrimination litigation

TechFreedom’s comments in the FCC’s Title II proceeding

Net Neutrality Legislation: A Framework for Consensus