common carrier
noun
: a business or agency that is available to the public for transportation of persons, goods, or messages
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That's the situation right now after a federal appeals court blocked a Biden-era FCC order that classified ISPs as common carriers and imposed net neutrality rules.
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Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2025
The Biden-era FCC's attempt to reinstate net neutrality rules and regulate broadband providers as common carriers was blocked in court, but ISPs lost the fight against the New York affordability law and an earlier fight against California's net neutrality law.
—Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
The judges also ruled that mobile service could not be regulated as a common carrier.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
But the last time the FCC did that without first classifying ISPs as common carriers, back in late 2010, an appeals court upheld a challenge by Verizon, holding that the commission had no such authority without a Title II foundation.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2025
The Biden-era FCC's attempt to reinstate net neutrality rules and regulate broadband providers as common carriers was blocked in court, but ISPs lost the fight against the New York affordability law and an earlier fight against California's net neutrality law.
—Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2025
The judges also ruled that mobile service could not be regulated as a common carrier.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2025
But the last time the FCC did that without first classifying ISPs as common carriers, back in late 2010, an appeals court upheld a challenge by Verizon, holding that the commission had no such authority without a Title II foundation.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Common carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20carrier. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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