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U.S. appellate court grants stay of FCC Title II reclassification of Internet as common carrier utility, citing lack of clear congressional authority

EldoTelecom

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Sixth District United States Court of Appeals has granted a stay of a rulemaking issued by the Federal Communications Commission that would regard Internet protocol services as a common carrier telecommunications utility under Title II of the Communications Act.

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Core issue before FCC's proposed Title II rules: regulating advanced telecom as a common carrier utility

EldoTelecom

MARCH 23, 2024

Once in the public hands, the service provider can be compelled to prioritize social outcomes, such as equity of access, affordability, or similar—exactly from which our California communities stand to benefit since many currently lack equitable access to affordable, reliable broadband internet.

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Cable, Chamber of Commerce Ask SCOTUS to Toss N.Y. Broadband Law

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

16, 2024 – Broadband ISPs have a request for the highest court in the land: Don't let the 50 states set the retail price of Internet access. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld in April New York’s Affordable Broadband Act, which requires ISPs to offer service at $20 per month or less for low-income households.

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Net Neutrality Levels Pole Attachment Playing Field: INCOMPAS, CPUC

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

19, 2024 – Broadband providers want to avoid net neutrality because it comes with more expansive federal oversight. The Federal Communications Commission is currently trying to keep alive its net neutrality rules, which would reclassify broadband as a telecom service subject to common carrier regulations.

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Court Pauses Challenge to FCC’s USF Forbearance Policy

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 12, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit agreed Friday to pause consumer groups’ effort to require Internet Service Providers to contribute to a multibillion broadband subsidy program run by the Federal Communications Commission. Additional briefs by the ISPs were due today.

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Consumer Groups Looking to Pause Narrow Legal Challenge to Net Neutrality

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 8, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 8, 2024 – The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to exempt Internet Service Providers from kicking into a federal broadband subsidy program has this week stirred some procedural activity in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati.

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In a Changed Legal Landscape, the FCC Should Reconsider Net Neutrality Rules

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

and Ian Heath Gershengorn argued that any unilateral attempt by the Commission to treat broadband internet access service (BIAS) as a common carrier service under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 would be a “wasted effort.” This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast.

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Verizon Requests License to Operate Pacific Fiber Cable

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 5, 2024

Verizon has requested that the FCC exempt the cable system from common carrier regulation, arguing that it will be leased to other businesses rather than being made available for general public use. The proposed segment will link Makaha, Hawaii, to Morro Bay, Calif., via an underwater fiber-optic network.

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States must designate providers, service areas under FCC reclassification of Internet delivered services as telecommunications utility.

EldoTelecom

MAY 18, 2024

Pending California legislation (AB 1826) demonstrates the need for common carrier utility regulation of IP services. Follow on Twitter @eldotelecom

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Upcoming Limits on FCC Statutory Interpretations Unless It Deregulates

Telefrieden

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Heretofore, no one has questioned the lawfulness of the FCC’s determination that this undefined category includes broadband, Internet access. See Petitions for Declaratory Ruling on Regulatory Status of Wireless Messaging Service, Declaratory Ruling, 33 FCC Rcd. 12075 (2018); available at: [link].

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Major Questions Does Not Apply to Net Neutrality: FCC

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 12, 2024 – Broadband is straightforwardly a telecommunications service subject to common carrier regulation, the Federal Communications Commission told federal judges Wednesday. Oral arguments in the case are slated for this Halloween, on October 31.

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Tech Think Tanks Fighting N.Y. Broadband Law in Supreme Court

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

13, 2024 – Two tech think tanks want the Supreme Court to block states from regulating retail broadband rates. For almost twenty years, the Federal Communications Commission adhered to Congress’s deregulatory directive, correctly classifying broadband as a Title I service. WASHINGTON, Sept. Signed into law by Gov.

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Free Market Think Tanks Back ISPs in Net Neutrality Challenge

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

Brief of Amici Curiae TechFreedom and Washington Legal Foundation With its Order reimposing Title II common-carrier status on broadband, the FCC has “once again … switched its tack” in the “longrunning debate regarding the regulation of the Internet.” ” Mozilla Corp. FCC, 940 F.3d

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California legislation would adopt definition of digital discrimination

EldoTelecom

MARCH 19, 2024

AB 2239 would define it as “policies or practices, not justified by genuine issues of technical or economic feasibility, that differentially impact consumers’ access to broadband internet access service based on their income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion, or national origin, or that are intended to have a differential impact.”

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Court Orders ISPs, FCC to Argue Net Neutrality on Halloween

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 26, 2024

On April 25, the FCC voted along party lines to classify broadband ISPs as common carriers. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said the rules were necessary to “ensure that broadband services are treated as an essential resource deserving of FCC oversight.” ” On Aug.

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Network Neutrality Redux and the Return of Falsehoods and Disinformation

Telefrieden

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Democratic majority has clearly exempted broadband internet access from Title II common rate regulation. By the way, Title II still explicitly applies to wireless telecommunications, like cellphone service, and no one can credibly claim that carriers are severely constrained by overpowering FCC oversight.

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U.S. appellate court grants stay of FCC Title II reclassification of Internet as common carrier utility, citing lack of clear congressional authority

Core issue before FCC's proposed Title II rules: regulating advanced telecom as a common carrier utility

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Cable, Chamber of Commerce Ask SCOTUS to Toss N.Y. Broadband Law

Net Neutrality Levels Pole Attachment Playing Field: INCOMPAS, CPUC

Court Pauses Challenge to FCC’s USF Forbearance Policy

Consumer Groups Looking to Pause Narrow Legal Challenge to Net Neutrality

In a Changed Legal Landscape, the FCC Should Reconsider Net Neutrality Rules

Verizon Requests License to Operate Pacific Fiber Cable

States must designate providers, service areas under FCC reclassification of Internet delivered services as telecommunications utility.

Upcoming Limits on FCC Statutory Interpretations Unless It Deregulates

Major Questions Does Not Apply to Net Neutrality: FCC

Tech Think Tanks Fighting N.Y. Broadband Law in Supreme Court

Free Market Think Tanks Back ISPs in Net Neutrality Challenge

California legislation would adopt definition of digital discrimination

Court Orders ISPs, FCC to Argue Net Neutrality on Halloween

Network Neutrality Redux and the Return of Falsehoods and Disinformation

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