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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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 5, 2024

via an underwater fiber-optic network. 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.,

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EldoTelecom

MAY 18, 2024

The LECs’ competitors, the incumbent cable operators, contended that state-level franchising would present new entrants with fewer obligations than cable companies had faced when they entered the market, specifically the obligation to build networks serving all parts of a community. Follow on Twitter @eldotelecom

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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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Telefrieden

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Despite vowing to eschew involvement in the latest Network Neutrality drama, I cannot sit back and let stand the resumption of the distorted gospel preached by the anti-network neutrality crowd. Network neutrality regulation will not create a suffocating Internet rate regulation regime. 1, 47-87 (2015); [link].

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 9, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the FCC lacked authority to impose common carrier regulation on broadband Internet Service Providers like AT&T and Comcast.   On Jan. 2, a panel of the U.S.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 2, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit set aside the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules Thursday, writing that broadband is subject to light-touch regulation under the best reading of the law. “The FCC exceeded its statutory authority by issuing the Safeguarding Order.”  Raimondo in June, 2024.

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