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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

In many parts of urban and rural California, internet services are indeed a monopoly—or at best a duopoly. The common policy response to the monopoly is to either place the service provider into public hands or use a regulatory framework to curtail the ability of the provider to exploit a monopoly position.

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FCC reclassification of Internet access as Title II utility likely to have little impact on affordability

EldoTelecom

APRIL 9, 2024

Federal Communications Commission votes to reclassify Internet access as a common carrier utility under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 as expected April 25, it’s unlikely to increase affordable access. When the U.S. 202 , titled Discrimination and Preferences.

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Industry opposition to FCC Title II rules could lead to state-based regulation

EldoTelecom

JUNE 21, 2024

States could respond by enacting their own statutes treating advanced telecommunications as a common carrier utility, imposing universal service mandates barring neighborhood redlining and imposing rate regulation in order to ensure access and affordability and promote digital equity. But in opposing the U.S. Supreme Court.

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

EldoTelecom

MAY 18, 2024

The task is complicated by a FCC rulemaking issued in 2019 ( DA/FCC #: FCC-19-80 ) that bars states from regulating most non-cable services including Internet access service offered over a cable system by an incumbent cable operator. That led a shift in regulatory policy, creating "video franchises."

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1996 Telecom Act affords FCC clear, unambiguous authority for Title II rulemaking

EldoTelecom

JULY 11, 2024

Federal Communications Commission’s recently issued Open Internet rulemaking on ice, slated to become effective July 22. The transmitted content isn’t changed; it’s communicated over the Internet to one or more parties. They believe their case has been strengthened by the U.S.

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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. Net neutrality rules would make ISPs Title II common carriers under the Communications Act, subject to more oversight from the FCC. WASHINGTON, Sept. ” The U.S.

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Net Neutrality Levels Pole Attachment Playing Field: INCOMPAS, CPUC

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

But one trade group for Internet Service Providers and state officials told judges Wednesday it comes with at least one big benefit: backup from the government in negotiations with utility pole owners. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2024 – Broadband providers want to avoid net neutrality because it comes with more expansive federal oversight.

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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. billion Universal Service Fund.

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

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In a legal setback for the Federal Communication Commission, the U.S. 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.”

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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. WASHINGTON, August 12, 2024 – The U.S.

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Upcoming Limits on FCC Statutory Interpretations Unless It Deregulates

Telefrieden

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The activist, results-driven Supreme Court appears ready to limit severely the ability of the Federal Communications Commission and other independent regulatory agencies to interpret ambiguous statutory language and answer essential questions about statutory meaning, even when vastly changing markets and technologies makes such work essential.

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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.

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Free Market Think Tanks Back ISPs in Net Neutrality Challenge

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

WASHINGTON, August 14, 2024 – Two right-leaning think tanks backing ISPs in the challenge to the Federal Communications Commissions Net Neutrality rules claim the new regulatory landscape created by the Supreme Court will doom the rules. ” Mozilla Corp. FCC, 940 F.3d 3d 1, 17 (D.C.

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

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

It seeks “to preserve the vibrant and competitive free market … for the Internet … unfettered by Federal or State regulation.” For almost twenty years, the Federal Communications Commission adhered to Congress’s deregulatory directive, correctly classifying broadband as a Title I service.

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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

WASHINGTON, Aug 26, 2024 – Federal regulators now have a court date to try to inject new life into their impaired Internet competition rules. ET. On April 25, the FCC voted along party lines to classify broadband ISPs as common carriers. It’s Halloween. The U.S. 31, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. ET.

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End of ACP could bring modfication of FCC Title II rulemaking to allow regulation of residential Internet services

EldoTelecom

MAY 12, 2024

The end of the Affordable Connectivity Act (ACP) sets the stage for the potential modification of the Federal Communication Commission’s recently adopted rulemaking classifying Internet protocol-based services as a common carrier utility under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.

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Does the Supreme Court Conservative Majority Want to Prevent Regulatory Agencies from Responding to Technological Innovation and Changed Circumstances?

Telefrieden

APRIL 26, 2024

The Court’s conservative super majority wants to reverse its Chevron Doctrine that conditionally supports judicial deference to the expertise resident in agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission. See [link]. See West Virginia v. link] , ¶153-186. See MCI Telecommunications Corp. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.,

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Network Neutrality Redux and the Return of Falsehoods and Disinformation

Telefrieden

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Network neutrality regulation will not create a suffocating Internet rate regulation regime. The Democratic majority has clearly exempted broadband internet access from Title II common rate regulation. Title II of the Communications Act does not impose some atavistic, old school “public utility” regulation.

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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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FCC reclassification of Internet access as Title II utility likely to have little impact on affordability

Industry opposition to FCC Title II rules could lead to state-based regulation

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

1996 Telecom Act affords FCC clear, unambiguous authority for Title II rulemaking

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

Net Neutrality Levels Pole Attachment Playing Field: INCOMPAS, CPUC

Consumer Groups Looking to Pause Narrow Legal Challenge to Net Neutrality

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

Court Pauses Challenge to FCC’s USF Forbearance Policy

Upcoming Limits on FCC Statutory Interpretations Unless It Deregulates

Major Questions Does Not Apply to Net Neutrality: FCC

Free Market Think Tanks Back ISPs in Net Neutrality Challenge

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

California legislation would adopt definition of digital discrimination

Court Orders ISPs, FCC to Argue Net Neutrality on Halloween

End of ACP could bring modfication of FCC Title II rulemaking to allow regulation of residential Internet services

Does the Supreme Court Conservative Majority Want to Prevent Regulatory Agencies from Responding to Technological Innovation and Changed Circumstances?

Network Neutrality Redux and the Return of Falsehoods and Disinformation

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