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

Broadband Breakfast

It seeks “to preserve the vibrant and competitive free market … for the Internet … unfettered by Federal or State regulation.” Chamber of Commerce , and the Multicultural Media, Telecom, and Internet Council. WASHINGTON, Sept. ” 47 U.S.C. §§ §§ 230(b)(2), 230(f)(2).

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California legislation would adopt definition of digital discrimination

EldoTelecom

That can easily trump any claim of discriminatory impact -- intentional or not -- in the nation’s market-based and predominately investor owned advanced telecommunications infrastructure.

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If Trump Won, What Would Carr Do as FCC Chairman?

Broadband Breakfast

” Broadband Breakfast on October 30, 2024 - Tech and Telecom in Advance of the Next Administration An interactive town hall exploring the critical issues that will shape America’s digital future in the next presidential administration. Both rulemakings were challenged in court by the telecom industry.

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