Raise your hand if you thought ISPs were gonna go down without a fight.

Yeah, me neither.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld that the FCC had the right to reclassify broadband as a common-carrier telecom service, thereby limiting the ability of ISPs to selectively block or slow down internet traffic.

Naturally, the ISPs are less than thrilled with the decision. This won’t be the last we see of them. 

In IT Blogwatch, we have the lowdown on the showdown. 

In case you have been living under a rock for the last few years, here is the background on net neutrality, courtesy of Marguerite Reardon in What’s everyone saying about net neutrality?

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