Providers ask court to prevent ‘Department of the Internet’ The Hill Telecom providers and trade groups asked an appeals court to rush through a delay of new net neutrality rules before they take effect on June 12. In a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C., the group warned that Internet service providers face millions of dollars in losses and a “torrent” of enforcement proceedings at the Federal Communications Commission if the rules take hold. “These challenges thus present some of the most consequential questions this court is likely to encounter regarding technology, the future of the economy, and the boundaries of administrative law,” the group wrote.