Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 13, 2025

  The agency declined to levy USF fees on broadband providers when it made them Title II common carriers under Rosenworcel, citing those concerns. Oral arguments are slated for March 26, with a ruling expected later this year. Mattey has also authored a report arguing that’s the way to go.

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EldoTelecom

MAY 18, 2024

The FCC’s reclassification of Internet delivered services as telecommunications services under its Open Internet rulemaking effectively abrogates this component of its 2019 rulemaking. Pending California legislation (AB 1826) demonstrates the need for common carrier utility regulation of IP services.

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EldoTelecom

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In the fourth decade since telecommunications began to shift to Internet protocol-based technologies, about half the connections to U.S. For analog voice telecommunications, public policy is to regulate them as common carrier utilities under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure widespread, affordable access.

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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.” Verrilli Jr. In contrast to the U.S.,

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Telefrieden

APRIL 29, 2024

Despite all the speculation about pending foreclosure of regulatory agency discretion, there is a provision in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that the Court might deem sufficiently clear to withstand the major question and ambiguity roadblocks: 47 U.S. Code § 160 - Competition in provision of telecommunications service. See [link].

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Telefrieden

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Bear in mind that the FCC, not the Federal Trade Commission, has consumer protection jurisdiction for so-called Title II regulated common carriers, including ventures offering pre-paid and post-paid wireless service. Why would a facilities-based carrier pay over $ 1 billion to acquire a reseller of the carrier’s network?

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 2, 2025

The Cincinnati-based court said the FCC misread the 1996 Telecommunications Act, arguing it required the agency to keep broadband Internet Service Providers lightly regulated. But they do not transform the categorization of telephone service because its core standalone offering is the transparent transmission of telecommunications.”

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