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U.S. appellate court grants stay of FCC Title II reclassification of Internet as common carrier utility, citing lack of clear congressional authority

EldoTelecom

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Sixth District United States Court of Appeals has granted a stay of a rulemaking issued by the Federal Communications Commission that would regard Internet protocol services as a common carrier telecommunications utility under Title II of the Communications Act.

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Core issue before FCC's proposed Title II rules: regulating advanced telecom as a common carrier utility

EldoTelecom

MARCH 23, 2024

Federal Communications Commission with its proposed Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet rulemaking that would reclassify IP telecom as a common carrier utility under Title II of the Communications Act. [link] While the context here is California, this is the core issue before the U.S. Follow on Twitter @eldotelecom

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States must designate providers, service areas under FCC reclassification of Internet delivered services as telecommunications utility.

EldoTelecom

MAY 18, 2024

The FCC’s reclassification of Internet delivered services as telecommunications services under its Open Internet rulemaking effectively abrogates this component of its 2019 rulemaking. Pending California legislation (AB 1826) demonstrates the need for common carrier utility regulation of IP services.

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1996 Telecom Act affords FCC clear, unambiguous authority for Title II rulemaking

EldoTelecom

JULY 11, 2024

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. The problem is doesn't meet any of these tests.

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Industry opposition to FCC Title II rules could lead to state-based regulation

EldoTelecom

JUNE 21, 2024

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Advanced telecommunications providers favor a federal regulatory scheme over disparate state by state regulation, correctly arguing that telecommunications is essentially interstate. But in opposing the U.S. Follow on Twitter @eldotelecom

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Does the FCC Have a Safe Harbor to Deregulate Despite the 1994 MCI Case Precedent?

Telefrieden

APRIL 29, 2024

Despite all the speculation about pending foreclosure of regulatory agency discretion, there is a provision in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that the Court might deem sufficiently clear to withstand the major question and ambiguity roadblocks: 47 U.S. Code § 160 - Competition in provision of telecommunications service. See [link].

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In a Changed Legal Landscape, the FCC Should Reconsider Net Neutrality Rules

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

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.

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Upcoming Limits on FCC Statutory Interpretations Unless It Deregulates

Telefrieden

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Lacking humility and common sense, the Court appears hellbent to outlaw statutory interpretation like what kinds of services fit within the following ambiguous words Congress crafted, circa 1996: “advanced telecommunications capability.” 1302(a), codified by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. 104-104, 110 Stat.

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Remarkably Bad Consumer Protection at the FCC

Telefrieden

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Bear in mind that the FCC, not the Federal Trade Commission, has consumer protection jurisdiction for so-called Title II regulated common carriers, including ventures offering pre-paid and post-paid wireless service. Why would a facilities-based carrier pay over $ 1 billion to acquire a reseller of the carrier’s network?

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Major Questions Does Not Apply to Net Neutrality: FCC

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, September 12, 2024 – Broadband is straightforwardly a telecommunications service subject to common carrier regulation, the Federal Communications Commission told federal judges Wednesday. The pizzeria-versus-GrubHub distinction is important for the agency’s argument. That is not the case here.”

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Free Market Think Tanks Back ISPs in Net Neutrality Challenge

Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

Brief of Amici Curiae TechFreedom and Washington Legal Foundation With its Order reimposing Title II common-carrier status on broadband, the FCC has “once again … switched its tack” in the “longrunning debate regarding the regulation of the Internet.” ” Mozilla Corp.

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

Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

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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California legislation would adopt definition of digital discrimination

EldoTelecom

MARCH 19, 2024

The FCC’s Preventing Digital Discrimination rulemaking is predicated on the notion that business decisions on where to deploy infrastructure and offer advanced telecommunications services can disadvantage households based on these demographic factors, even if not intentional. A location may be serviceable.

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

Telefrieden

APRIL 26, 2024

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].

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Network Neutrality Redux and the Return of Falsehoods and Disinformation

Telefrieden

OCTOBER 20, 2023

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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U.S. appellate court grants stay of FCC Title II reclassification of Internet as common carrier utility, citing lack of clear congressional authority

Core issue before FCC's proposed Title II rules: regulating advanced telecom as a common carrier utility

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States must designate providers, service areas under FCC reclassification of Internet delivered services as telecommunications utility.

1996 Telecom Act affords FCC clear, unambiguous authority for Title II rulemaking

Industry opposition to FCC Title II rules could lead to state-based regulation

Does the FCC Have a Safe Harbor to Deregulate Despite the 1994 MCI Case Precedent?

In a Changed Legal Landscape, the FCC Should Reconsider Net Neutrality Rules

Upcoming Limits on FCC Statutory Interpretations Unless It Deregulates

Remarkably Bad Consumer Protection at the FCC

Major Questions Does Not Apply to Net Neutrality: FCC

Free Market Think Tanks Back ISPs in Net Neutrality Challenge

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

California legislation would adopt definition of digital discrimination

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

Network Neutrality Redux and the Return of Falsehoods and Disinformation

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