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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

In the fourth decade since telecommunications began to shift to Internet protocol-based technologies, about half the connections to U.S. For analog voice telecommunications, public policy is to regulate them as common carrier utilities under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure widespread, affordable access.

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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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Upcoming Limits on FCC Statutory Interpretations Unless It Deregulates

Telefrieden

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

Broadband Breakfast

Brief of Tech Freedom and Others The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a deregulatory statute. As part of this deregulatory policy, the 1996 Act establishes a light-touch regulatory scheme for Title I information services—in contrast to more heavily regulated Title II telecommunications services. WASHINGTON, Sept.

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

Broadband Breakfast

In its  National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. This classification is consequential, of course, because “telecommunications service” providers, as common carriers, are regulated in a heavy-handed public utility like fashion while “information service” providers are lightly regulated.

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Network Neutrality Redux and the Return of Falsehoods and Disinformation

Telefrieden

The Democratic majority has clearly exempted broadband internet access from Title II common rate regulation. By the way, Title II still explicitly applies to wireless telecommunications, like cellphone service, and no one can credibly claim that carriers are severely constrained by overpowering FCC oversight.

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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. See MCI Telecommunications Corp. link] , ¶153-186. American Telephone & Telegraph Co., 218 (1994); [link].