Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Cyber attacks on US telecommunications networks , government agencies , and western allies have been met by calls to improve security and close potential entry points for bad actors. To boost our telecommunications security, we should heed the phrase: “follow the money.” Joshua Levine is a Research Fellow at FAI.

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Telefrieden

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Lacking humility and common sense, the Court appears hellbent to outlaw statutory interpretation like what kinds of services fit within the following ambiguous words Congress crafted, circa 1996: “advanced telecommunications capability.” 1302(a), codified by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. 104-104, 110 Stat.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

13, 2024 – Two tech think tanks want the Supreme Court to block states from regulating retail broadband rates. Brief of Tech Freedom and Others The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a deregulatory statute. WASHINGTON, Sept. Available to Breakfast Club Members A panel of the U.S. Signed into law by Gov.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 11, 2025

The decision upholds the court’s finding that the FCC cannot classify internet service providers as Title II common carriers under the Telecommunications Act, ruling that the “best reading” of the statute requires broadband to be defined as a less-regulated information service.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 24, 2025

They say the law only governs data the companies have as a result of providing common carrier voice services, and not data they have as a result of providing data services. ”

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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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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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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 9, 2025

With no need for more extensive elaboration here, it suffices to point out that “net neutrality,” a term  coined by Columbia Law School Professor Tim Wu , embodies the notion that broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) will not block or throttle access to lawful content or prioritize the delivery of content.  

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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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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A three-judge panel found last month that the Federal Communications Commission could not classify ISPs as Title II common carriers under the Telecommunications Act, ruling that the “best reading” of the statute required broadband be defined as a less-regulated information service. 

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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.” 

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 12, 2024

“You will see this Congress use the Congressional Review Act, and sometimes you’re going to see executive actions,” she said at a Broadband Breakfast public policy event here on the communications agenda of the incoming Trump administration.   There have been other proposals and efforts at the agency after Aug.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Carr actually outlined his priorities for broadband and telecommunications policy in a chapter of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 policy agenda. Broadband in the Next Administration Don’t miss the chance to learn about BEAD, spectrum, Universal Service Fund reform, and the future of the internet.

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VoIP Review

JANUARY 6, 2025

This ruling overturned a previous Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) effort to revive net neutrality regulations, reclassifying broadband providers as common carriers. Under the Obama administration, net neutrality rules were first established in 2015, identifying broadband internet as an essential service.

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