At Our Deadline
The FCC Wednesday extended until April 29 the deadline for replies in the net neutrality proceeding. Comments were due Thursday. CTIA, USTelecom and the Open Internet Coalition had asked for more time to “enable all interested parties to evaluate and…
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consider the legal implications of” the decision Tuesday by the U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit in Comcast v. FCC. “The NPRM’s analysis of the Commission’s authority to adopt the proposed regulations makes references to the analysis articulated in the 2008 Comcast Order,” the groups said. The FCC had already allowed an unusual amount of time for comments and replies. Replies were originally due March 5. The commission sought comment more than five months ago, in an Oct. 22 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The order by Wireline Bureau Chief Sharon Gillett said extensions aren’t routinely granted, but “we find that good cause exists to provide all parties an extension of the reply comment deadline.” “We are certainly supportive of more time so that everyone can digest the Comcast decision and thoroughly consider its implications,” said Public Knowledge Legal Director Harold Feld.