Congressmen Push Back on Broadband Reclassification Plan

The Federal Communications Commission’s gambit to reclassify broadband service as the regulatory equivalent of a phone service drew fire Friday (May 28) from a group of 171 House Republicans. In a letter to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski, the members said any changes to the Communications Act are “a matter best left to Congress.”

The letter comes the day after the FCC announced a notice of inquiry on the FCC’s proposal to reclassify broadband service using an executive workaround after the D.C.

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