The FCC will take up Chairman Tom Wheeler’s new Net regulatory approach Feb. 26 — and then AT&T (T +0.3%) and Verizon (VZ) will immediately file suit, VentureBeat reports.
The site points to AT&T VP Hank Hultquist’s Monday post on the company’s public policy blog, where he argues again that its broadband is an info service, not a telecom service — although this is a familiar stance on the company’s blogs.
“I have no illusions that any of this will change what happens on Feb. 26,” Hultquist says. “But when the FCC has to defend reclassification before an appellate court, it will have to grapple with these and other arguments.
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Previously: Telecom stocks soar as FCC’s Wheeler advocates utility stance on regulation (Feb. 04 2015)
Previously: More from FCC’s Wheeler: Guarantees to encourage broadband investment (Feb. 04 2015)