Net neutrality battle to continue

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Net neutrality battle to continue</h1>
                <h2><p>For everyone celebrating Thursday's FCC decision favoring net neutrality: There could be a fly in the ointment. According to the Washington Post, the big Internet providers -- and congressional Republicans -- took it badly. Expect lawsuits and maybe new legislation to try to overturn the Federal Communications Commission</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>For everyone celebrating Thursday's FCC decision favoring net neutrality: There could be a fly in the ointment. According to the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/02/26/the-fcc-set-to-approve-strong-net-neutrality-rules/?hpid=z3&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Washington Post</a>, the big Internet providers -- and congressional Republicans -- took it badly. Expect lawsuits and maybe new legislation to try to overturn the Federal Communications Commission decision.</p>
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For everyone celebrating Thursday's FCC decision favoring net neutrality: There could be a fly in the ointment. According to the Washington Post, the big Internet providers -- and congressional Republicans -- took it badly. Expect lawsuits and maybe new legislation to try to overturn the Federal Communications Commission decision.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi