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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. Or which fails to confer clear rulemaking authority to an agency.

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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

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. However, no group of private investors can fully capture these benefits.

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

Broadband Breakfast

Well, due to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s decision in  Ohio Telecom Association v. Then, the Obama FCC, in a rulemaking proceeding, classified ISPs as telecommunications providers so they would be regulated as common carriers. FCC  on January 2, the saga, mercifully, may be coming to an end.