FCC Moves to Regulate the Internet

The Federal Communications Commission in the US won approval to begin regulating the internet after a congressional committee approved a proposal by Chairman Julius Genachowski.

WSJ reports: The new FCC rules, for example, would prevent a broadband provider, such as Comcast Corp., AT&T, Inc. or Verizon Communications Inc., from hobbling access to an online video service, such as Netflix, that competes with its own video services.

The move was widely opposed by conservatives who believe the FCC has no authority to regulate the internet as the law is currently written.  The Democrats and other on the left, of course, have no regard for what the law says when the government has the opportunity to further restrict commerce, make rules, and tell people what to do.  All for the "greater good" of course.

Republicans at the FCC and on Capitol Hill blasted the FCC's new rules, saying that they could stifle new investments in broadband networks and are unnecessary since there have been few complaints about Internet providers blocking or slowing web traffic.

Congress has never given any sort of authority to the FCC to regulate the internet or internet traffic.  This move is clearly a violation of the FCC's authority and jurisdiction.