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[ NNSquad ] MetroPCS Drops Net Neutrality Challenge
MetroPCS Drops Net Neutrality Challenge
http://j.mp/186T8UJ (Broadcasting and Cable)
In something of a going-away present to FCC chairman Julius
Genachowski, whose last day was today (May 17), MetroPCS has dropped
its challenge to the FCC's network neutrality rules. New MetroPCS
owner T-Mobile -- T-Mobile completed the purchase earlier this month
-- inherited the suit and signaled Friday to the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit that it is no longer interested in pursuing the
challenge. That still leaves Verizon challenging the rules. According
to MetroPCS, Verizon was notified of its motion to dismiss and had no
objection. Verizon had no comment, but a source said the company was
continuing the suit. The case has not yet been scheduled for oral
argument. It did not make the May schedule, and so it is looking like
it will be fall before the case is even argued.
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