From a report at the link below:
It is a major defeat for President Barack Obama, who has called since early in his presidential campaign for rules that prohibit Internet service providers such as Comcast and Verizon from interfering with Web traffic.
There are three sides to this story:
1. Tech companies such as Google, Skype and amazon argue for an “open Internet” with no restrictions on what services and devices consumers can have access to.
2. Cable and phone companies including AT&T, Verizon and Comcast argue that they need flexibility to manage traffic on their networks and maintain speeds for consumers.
3. Obama and the Democrats want the FCC to control the Internet.
One of the main reasons Obama wants Internet control is because the major political bloggers on the Internet are overwhelmingly conservative just as most major political radio talk shows are conservative.
For that reason, several Democrat lawmakers vow to do whatever it takes to give the FCC authority over Web providers. The key word is control. In this case it’s all about controlling the political ‘opposition.’
“In the long run, we may need a new legal and regulatory framework for broadband,” said Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet. “I know the Congress did not intend for cable and telephone broadband Internet service providers to fall outside the authority of the FCC.”
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, later said the court’s decision “must not be the final word.”
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