Net Neutrality Rules to Be Published Sept. 23

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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The Federal Register plans to publish the FCC's network neutrality order Friday, Sept. 23, after which opponents of the rules can take them to court -- Verizon had said it would re-file a suit that was disallowed as premature, and a spokesman reiterated Thursday that the company would do so.

The Federal Register posted the rules on its Web site for public inspection with the notice that it would be published Sept. 23. According to FCC rules, orders cannot be challenged until they are published in the register.

The rules, which were approved Dec. 21 of last year, will go into effect Nov. 20.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.