The Telecommunications Industry Association today filed an amicus brief challenging the FCC’s move to reclassify broadband services under Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1934. It believes the FCC did not properly evaluate how the reclassification will impact spending on broadband services. “The FCC failed to consider and respond adequately to extensive record evidence […]
USTelecom and other opponents to the FCC’s net neutrality rules will have their first day in court come December. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear initial oral arguments regarding the FCC’s internet regulation rules on Dec. 4. The rules, which went into effect earlier this year, bar companies […]
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler gave a speech last Fridayto explain the FCC‘s position on the growth of broadband networks, showing a much more aggressive stance when it comes to upholding broadband regulations. Although we aren’t used to thinking of broadband in this way, Wheeler posited that the speed and coverage of broadband should expand just […]
Cox Communications will allegedly start testing overage fees for home broadband this summer in preparation for a nationwide deployment, according to a rumor. The potential extra costs to Cox subscribers arrives at the same time as another rumor claiming the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may start policing bandwidth caps of consumer broadband services. Sources of […]
USTelecom and others filed a petition today asking the U.S. Court of Appeals to stay the FCC’s open internet order. The group, which includes USTelecom, AT&T, CTIA, ATA, WISPA, CenturyLink, and NSTA, filed a petition directly with the FCC last week seeking a stay of the rules. The FCC denied their request. At the moment, […]
The FCC has denied petitions filed by a wide range of lobbying organizations that sought to stay the FCC’s proposed net neutrality regulations. The CTIA Wireless Association, USTelecom, AT&T, Wireless Internet Service Providers Association, CenturyLink, American Cable Association, and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association all filed petitions hoping to prevent the FCC from formally […]
Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler wants cable companies to drop their resistance to net neutrality and increase competition with each other. Speaking at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s (NCTA) Internet and Television Expo, Wheeler also expresses the belief that the concentration of promoting competition between providers will be better for consumers and […]
The CTIA Wireless Association today filed a request to stay the FCC’s Open Internet regulations. The regulations were published in the Federal Register on April 13 and are slated to become official policy 60 days from the publication date (on or about June 13). Numerous organizations have already filed lawsuits seeking to block the rules […]
As promised, USTelecom today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia challenging the FCC’s net neutrality rules. USTelecoms, which represents a number of telecommunication companies, says the rules are arbitrary and capricious, and violate federal law. “USTelecom believes the FCC used the wrong approach to implementing net neutrality standards, […]
The US Government has released the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet regulation package to the Federal Register. With publication, the net neutrality and Title II regulation, as laid forth by the FCC, are effective and enforceable starting on June 12. Highlights of the order include the mandate that ISPs “shall not impair or degrade lawful […]
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