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Cable Television Companies and brought to you as a Public Service by your cable provider. On thehis week communicators, an update on Net Neutrality and internet regulation. We are going to look at a court case that is currently being decided and get an update on what it has been like since the fcc decided on Net Neutrality regulation. Us are Walter Mccormick and christopher lewis. Mccormack Net Neutrality does not affect us operationally day today because the open internet standards are standards we agree with. Companies operating compliance with those standards. Adoptionupported their. What we objected to was the way in which the fcc went about the open internet standards. This is a 19th century form of regulation originally applied to common carriers. It has and repealed for those common carriers and we dont think common carrier regulation is appropriate for the 21st century. That is why we brought it to court. Host and some of your clients include verizon and at t. Mr. Mccormack and
Underway. Walter mccormick, president and ceo of u. S. Telecom, retiring at the end of 2016. Chris lewis, Vice President of Public Knowledge at politico. Thank you so much. Cspan, treated by americas Cable Companies 35 years ago, brought to you as a Public Service by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspans road to the white house coverage continues from iowa with bill and Chelsea Clinton following Hillary Clinton in cedar rapids. It is live at 8 15 p. M. Eastern. More from the campaign trail tomorrow with remarks from donald trump. He will speak with supporters in council bluffs, iowa. You can see that live sunday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. After that, vermont senator and democratic candidate Bernie Sanders meets with voters in waterloo. That is live at 3 00 p. M. Eastern. All those events here on his here on cspan. Bus is in iowa, ahead of mondays caucuses to spread the word about cspan. Here is a tweet showing summer resources on the ground. Cspan all hands on deck as we prepare f
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Chris lewis of Public Knowledge, hes the Vice President there. Mr. Mccormick, in the year or so since the fcc made the decision on Net Neutrality, how has that affected your Member Companies . Guest it doesnt affect us operationally daytoday because the open internet standards are standards that we agree with; the no blocking, the no throttling, the no paid authorization. We have supported their adoption as regulations under 706 authority, we support their enactment into law by the United States congress. But what we objected to was the way in which the fcc went about the open internet standards i. Adopted them as regulations pursuant to common carrier authority. This is a 19th century form of regulation, originally applied to common carriers like railroads, Trucking Companies and airlines. It has been repealed for all of those traditional common carriers, and we dont think common carrier regulation is the right form of regulation for the 21st century internet, so thats why we brought