Consumer Groups Looking to Pause Narrow Legal Challenge to Net Neutrality

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2024 – The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to exempt Internet Service Providers from kicking into a federal broadband subsidy program has this week stirred some procedural activity in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati.

Consumer groups tend to support the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules (now on hold) but some still want the court to reverse the FCC’s refusal to tap ISP revenue for the $8.1 billion Universal Service Fund. The groups asked the Sixth Circuit to put that challenge on pause for now.