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Telecom industry players pleased with D.C. circuit court ruling for Comcast

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Players in the telecommunications industry were elated last Tuesday as the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit invalidated the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to regulate broadband service under the principles promulgated in the Commission’s Internet Policy Statement.

The ruling, which Comcast sought following the FCC’s imposition of sanctions on the cable provider when activists revealed the company was blocking subscribers’ use of BitTorrent file sharing services, after Comcast had denied engaging in any such behavior.

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