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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. In contrast to the U.S.,

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

Broadband Breakfast

Cyber attacks on US telecommunications networks , government agencies , and western allies have been met by calls to improve security and close potential entry points for bad actors. ” The FACT Act offers a forward-looking approach to identify potential vectors of vulnerability within American communications networks.

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Upcoming Limits on FCC Statutory Interpretations Unless It Deregulates

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The activist, results-driven Supreme Court appears ready to limit severely the ability of the Federal Communications Commission and other independent regulatory agencies to interpret ambiguous statutory language and answer essential questions about statutory meaning, even when vastly changing markets and technologies makes such work essential.

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Network Neutrality Redux and the Return of Falsehoods and Disinformation

Telefrieden

Despite vowing to eschew involvement in the latest Network Neutrality drama, I cannot sit back and let stand the resumption of the distorted gospel preached by the anti-network neutrality crowd. Network neutrality regulation will not create a suffocating Internet rate regulation regime. 1, 47-87 (2015); [link].

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Does the Supreme Court Conservative Majority Want to Prevent Regulatory Agencies from Responding to Technological Innovation and Changed Circumstances?

Telefrieden

Having done so previously, the FCC recently restored the application of Title II telecommunications service, common carrier to Internet access. Does it also foreclose actions by both Democratic and Republican majorities to alter a regulatory regime by changing what Communications Act Title applies? link] , ¶153-186.

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

Broadband Breakfast

Inclusion on the list blocks a company from selling new products and network equipment in the U.S.    The former aimed to reclassify broadband providers as common carriers under the Communications Act, and the latter prevented ISP business practices that result in gaps in broadband access for low-income people and racial minorities.

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