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'''Brand X''' was a small Internet service provider in 2005.
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|holding=Cable broadband providers such as Comcast were not a "telecommunications service” ; these companies are an “information service”; consequently, cable service providers have the freedom to keep competitors off their network.
|comments=This case is shortened to the ''Brand X'' case.
|comments=This case is shortened to the ''Brand X'' case.
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National Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Services
Court U.S. Supreme Court
Citation
Date decided June 27, 2005

Facts

NCTA is a trade association of cable service providers in the US.

Brand X was a small Internet service provider in 2005.

Issues

Are cable providers bound by the principle of network neutrality?

Holding

Cable broadband providers such as Comcast were not a "telecommunications service” ; these companies are an “information service”; consequently, cable service providers have the freedom to keep competitors off their network.

Comments

Case Text Links