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

Broadband Breakfast

In the short term, the Federal Communications Commission would be required within 120 days of enactment to publish a list of all entities that own a license for broadcasting or common carrier services obtained through a competitive bidding process in two circumstances. Joshua Levine is a Research Fellow at FAI.

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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. The 1996 Telecom Act and the Telecommunications Infrastructure Act of 1993 before it recognized the broader socioeconomic knock on effects of ubiquitous access to advanced telecommunications infrastructure.

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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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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.

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

Broadband Breakfast

” Broadband Breakfast on October 30, 2024 - Tech and Telecom in Advance of the Next Administration An interactive town hall exploring the critical issues that will shape America’s digital future in the next presidential administration. Both rulemakings were challenged in court by the telecom industry.

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