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

EldoTelecom

They hope to convince the courts the FCC lacked authority to issue the rulemaking classifying Internet protocol-based services -- advanced telecommunications – as a common carrier telecom utility service under Title II of the Communications Act. So would posting to a website or social media site.

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Court Pauses Challenge to FCC’s USF Forbearance Policy

Broadband Breakfast

The Benton Institute for Broadband and Society and the Media Alliance challenged the FCC’s decision to abstain from tapping broadband revenue for its $8.1 billion Universal Service Fund, something that would normally have happened when the agency reclassified broadband providers as Title II common carriers.

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

Broadband Breakfast

At issue is the scope of state authority to regulate broadband ISPs after the FCC had classified them as lightly regulated information service providers under Title I  of the Communications Act and not as heavily regulated common carriers under Title II of the same law. Amicus briefs in support of the N.Y.

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