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Carr Floats Covering Light Poles in Federal Law

Broadband Breakfast

” Carr indicated he wanted light poles to be used for connecting areas with fiber cables. In a July 2 speech in Sioux Falls, S.D., Carr announced he would ask his FCC colleagues to “revise and update the agency’s pole attachment rules.”

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Remarkably Bad Consumer Protection at the FCC

Telefrieden

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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End of ACP could bring modfication of FCC Title II rulemaking to allow regulation of residential Internet services

EldoTelecom

The end of the Affordable Connectivity Act (ACP) sets the stage for the potential modification of the Federal Communication Commission’s recently adopted rulemaking classifying Internet protocol-based services as a common carrier utility under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934.