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Court Pauses Challenge to FCC’s USF Forbearance Policy

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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

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

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For almost twenty years, the Federal Communications Commission adhered to Congress’s deregulatory directive, correctly classifying broadband as a Title I service. Chamber of Commerce , and the Multicultural Media, Telecom, and Internet Council. Available to Breakfast Club Members A panel of the U.S. Signed into law by Gov.

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

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

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Federal Communications Commission’s recently issued Open Internet rulemaking on ice, slated to become effective July 22. So would posting to a website or social media site. 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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Joshua Levine: Getting the FACTs About Foreign Adversary Investment in Telecoms

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In the short term, the Federal Communications Commission would be required within 120 days of enactment to publish a list of all entities that own a license for broadcasting or common carrier services obtained through a competitive bidding process in two circumstances. Please send pieces to  commentary@breakfast.media.

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Network Neutrality Redux and the Return of Falsehoods and Disinformation

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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. Title II of the Communications Act does not impose some atavistic, old school “public utility” regulation. 1, 47-87 (2015); [link].

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