> I think the gist of it is that the FCC exceeded it's authority in deeming ISPs Common Carriers.
No, the ruling specifically found that the problem is that the FCC has:
1) declared that broadband providers provide an "information service" (on which common carrier requirements can not be imposed) rather than a "telecommunication service" (on which they can be imposed), and
2) imposed the kind of regulations that are essential to treatment of common carriers.
I.e., that the FCC has both declared that ISPs are not common carriers but than regulated them (in some respects) as if they were.
There's obviously two ways to resolve this contradiction.
No, the ruling specifically found that the problem is that the FCC has: 1) declared that broadband providers provide an "information service" (on which common carrier requirements can not be imposed) rather than a "telecommunication service" (on which they can be imposed), and 2) imposed the kind of regulations that are essential to treatment of common carriers.
I.e., that the FCC has both declared that ISPs are not common carriers but than regulated them (in some respects) as if they were.
There's obviously two ways to resolve this contradiction.