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- verb
classify again, give a newclassification to
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- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
Etymologies
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Examples
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Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to Genachowski giving him the green light to "reclassify" broadband under Title II of the Telecommunications Act -- the only way the FCC can protect an open Internet and get high-speed service to low income and rural America.
Josh Silver: Congress to FCC: Do Whatever It Takes to Protect the Internet
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The Obama FCC could "reclassify" broadband under the law and reassert its authority to protect Internet users.
Josh Silver: Government Takeover? Comcast CEO Changes His Tune Outside D.C.
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Last week, the FCC simply proposed to "reclassify" aspects of broadband under Title II of the Telecommunications Act to better advance its goals of bridging the digital divide and safeguarding the free and open Internet.
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"They can do nothing [and] accept Bush's handicapping and an unregulated Internet, or they can 'reclassify' broadband as a telecommunications service -- which the Supreme Court said was in their power -- fixing a Bush mistake and returning the Internet to the regulatory framework Congress intended."
Timothy Karr: Netroots to Obama FCC: Inaction Is Not an Option
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The Obama FCC could "reclassify" broadband under the law and reassert its authority to protect Internet users.
Josh Silver: Government Takeover? Comcast CEO Changes His Tune Outside D.C.
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The path the FCC is considering is whether to "reclassify" Internet access services under a category - Title II - that would allow it to protect Net Neutrality and foster universal access to broadband.
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Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to Genachowski giving him the green light to "reclassify" broadband under Title II of the Telecommunications Act -- the only way the FCC can protect an open Internet and get high-speed service to low income and rural America.
Josh Silver: Congress to FCC: Do Whatever It Takes to Protect the Internet
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"They can do nothing [and] accept Bush's handicapping and an unregulated Internet, or they can 'reclassify' broadband as a telecommunications service -- which the Supreme Court said was in their power -- fixing a Bush mistake and returning the Internet to the regulatory framework Congress intended."
Timothy Karr: Netroots to Obama FCC: Inaction Is Not an Option
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The path the FCC is considering is whether to "reclassify" Internet access services under a category - Title II - that would allow it to protect Net Neutrality and foster universal access to broadband.
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Waxman and Rockefeller sent a letter to the FCC Chairman giving him the green light to "reclassify" broadband -- the only way the FCC can protect an open Internet and get high-speed service to low income and rural America.
Josh Silver: Congress to FCC: Do Whatever It Takes to Protect the Internet
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