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Core issue before FCC's proposed Title II rules: regulating advanced telecom as a common carrier utility

EldoTelecom

Conventional economic theory distinguishes a public utility from a supplier of goods and services in a market by identifying whether the good in question is a monopoly. Hence, their rationale is the interests of market makers and those who invest in it should take priority over the broader public interest.

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Net Neutrality Levels Pole Attachment Playing Field: INCOMPAS, CPUC

Broadband Breakfast

The Federal Communications Commission is currently trying to keep alive its net neutrality rules, which would reclassify broadband as a telecom service subject to common carrier regulations. Broadband trade associations challenging the move in court convinced a panel of the U.S.

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

Broadband Breakfast

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.

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Industry sponsored white paper points to public, consumer utility coop ownership of fiber telecom delivery infrastructure to achieve broad socioeconomic benefit.

EldoTelecom

That leads to micro market segmentation as seen on so-called broadband maps that an East Texas local government official compared to the spotted coat of a Dalmatian. But the flaw in both is their exclusive reliance on investor-owned providers and market forces to bring them to fruition.

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Joshua Levine: Getting the FACTs About Foreign Adversary Investment in Telecoms

Broadband Breakfast

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.  This Expert Opinion is exclusive to Broadband Breakfast.

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

EldoTelecom

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.

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Remarkably Bad Consumer Protection at the FCC

Telefrieden

wireless carriers do not offer globally competitive rates both wireless service and handsets in the world. 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.

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