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|case_treatment=No
|case_treatment=No
|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.
|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

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.

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