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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

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

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.

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Net Neutrality Levels Pole Attachment Playing Field: INCOMPAS, CPUC

Broadband Breakfast

The Federal Communications Commission is currently trying to keep alive its net neutrality rules, which would reclassify broadband as a telecom service subject to common carrier regulations. Broadband trade associations challenging the move in court convinced a panel of the U.S.

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

EldoTelecom

States could respond by enacting their own statutes treating advanced telecommunications as a common carrier utility, imposing universal service mandates barring neighborhood redlining and imposing rate regulation in order to ensure access and affordability and promote digital equity. Follow on Twitter @eldotelecom

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Cable, Chamber of Commerce Ask SCOTUS to Toss N.Y. Broadband Law

Broadband Breakfast

“Regardless of what the FCC decides to do (or not do), that statute is clear, and the states cannot subvert congressional intent by treating broadband providers as rate-regulated common carriers.” ” The U.S. Oral arguments are scheduled for Oct.

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

EldoTelecom

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.

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Verizon Requests License to Operate Pacific Fiber Cable

Broadband Breakfast

Verizon has requested that the FCC exempt the cable system from common carrier regulation, arguing that it will be leased to other businesses rather than being made available for general public use. The proposed segment will link Makaha, Hawaii, to Morro Bay, Calif., via an underwater fiber-optic network.

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