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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Clinton: allergy, not anguish in my bin Laden photo 6:54am EDT Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house 04 May 2011 Oil plummets more than 8 percent as commodities battered 2:18pm EDT Boehner "optimistic," demands trillion-dollar cuts 1:55pm EDT Photos show three dead men at bin Laden raid house 5:51am EDT Discussed 168 Obama to make statement late Sunday, White House says 138 Concerns raised over shooting of unarmed bin Laden, burial 119 Donald Trump calls U.S. leaders ”stupid” Watched Legendary founder of Seal Team Six speaks 9:29am EDT Video of bin Laden compound fire Mon, May 2 2011 Bin Laden unarmed when killed - White House Tue, May 3 2011 FCC chief: antitrust law can't adequately defend Internet Tweet Share this By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Antitrust law was inadequate to preserve the openness of the Internet and to allow innovation to flourish, the top U.S. communications regulator said on Thursday, defending Internet road rules adopted last... 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"Antitrust enforcement is expensive to pursue, takes a long time and kicks in only after damage is done," Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski told a congressional hearing. The FCC adopted the contentious Internet order in December, banning service providers like Comcast Corp, AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc from blocking traffic on their networks. The so-called net neutrality rules, that have not yet gone into effect, would still allow companies to "reasonably" manage their networks. Republican legislators have challenged the agency's authority in regulating Internet traffic, and pushed a measure through the House last month that would overturn the order and prevent the FCC from adopting any rules related to it. But the chances of successful congressional action against the Internet order look slim with no similar measure pending in the Senate. President Barack Obama's advisers have also recommended he veto any such resolution. Members of the House Judiciary subcommittee that oversees competition and the Internet asserted at the hearing on Thursday that federal antitrust laws could handle net neutrality issues, without what they view as the heavy-handed regulatory approach of the FCC. "Antitrust law provides a time-tested and predictable system for preventing providers from engaging in anticompetitive blocking or discrimination," subcommittee Chairman Bob Goodlatte said. Genachowski told lawmakers that antitrust enforcement was not a practical solution given the fast-paced, ever changing nature of technology. To support his argument, the FCC chairman quoted conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in a case that favored the FCC regulating communications issues over applying antitrust laws to this technical area. The rules adopted by a divided FCC on December 21 in a 3-2 decision highlighted a huge divide between those who say the Internet should flourish without regulation and those who say the power of high-speed Internet providers to discriminate against competitors needs to be restrained. FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell, who voted against the order, told the House panel that sufficient antitrust and consumer protection laws existed to prevent and cure any of the contemplated harms outlined in the order. The best chance of overturning the Internet order probably lies in the courts, where FCC rules have been successfully challenged before. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled last year that the FCC lacked the authority to stop Comcast Corp from blocking bandwidth-hogging applications on its broadband network. That ruling led to December's FCC order. Appeals earlier this year by Verizon and MetroPCS Communications Inc of the FCC order were deemed premature by the court but challenges are expected once the order is officially published. (Reporting by Jasmin Melvin; Editing by Tim Dobbyn) Technology Media Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. 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