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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 12, 2024

“We will take a look at what have been misguided telecommunications policies” and policies that “did not deliver.”   It would seem to also insulate the agency’s net neutrality order, which reclassified broadband providers as common carriers and was published in the federal register this past spring.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Carr actually outlined his priorities for broadband and telecommunications policy in a chapter of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 policy agenda. WASHINGTON, Oct. What would he do if Trump won, and if Carr were selected for the job? He has made clear in public statements, though, that he opposes them.

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