Slow Walk to High Court Best Tactic for Net Neutrality Foes
- U.S. appeals court rejects challenge to open internet rules
- Legal, legislative appeals face long odds, analysts say
The AT&T Inc. logo is seen past a customer and a retail sales consultant at an AT&T store in Washington on April 21, 2015.
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Congress probably won’t quickly help AT&T Inc. and other broadband service providers overturn a court’s approval of open internet rules, leaving a slow walk to the U.S. Supreme Court as the opponents’ best option.
The Washington-based U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed the Federal Communications Commission’s so-called net-neutrality rules, handing a significant victory to President Barack Obama’s administration and a defeat to telephone and cable providers.