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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.

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In the fourth decade since telecommunications began to shift to Internet protocol-based technologies, about half the connections to U.S. As a result, a private market equilibrium that balances the marginal revenue and marginal cost of fiber deployment will lead to an under-provision of fiber resources, resulting in market failure.

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Sixth Circuit Denies Rehearing in Net Neutrality Challenge

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The decision upholds the court’s finding that the FCC cannot classify internet service providers as Title II common carriers under the Telecommunications Act, ruling that the “best reading” of the statute requires broadband to be defined as a less-regulated information service.

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The (Likely) End of the FCC’s Long-Running Net Neutrality Saga

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Brand X Internet Services  decision, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, affirmed a 2002 FCC order classifying ISPs as “information service” providers under the relevant Communications Act provisions rather than “telecommunications service” providers.