 calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA | Oh, the Irony of It All .... The really funny thing about this is the way this 9th Circuit / FCC tiff got started.
In the October Case ("Brand X Internet v. FCC") the court relied on its earlier opinion in the City of Portland v. ATT case.
In that case, in order to avoid Portland city jurisdiction over cable modems, ATT argued that cable modems were subject to telecom regulation. They won, and most of the telecom legal/regulatory community viewed it as ATT having won the battle but simultaneously losing the war.
ATT, having sold their cable systems to Comcast, isn't directly in this fight anymore--but they sure did manage to screw it up for the cable companies that are....
Calvoiper
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