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FCC denies requests to delay net neutrality rules
2015-05-09 20:22:20| Telecom - Topix.net
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has denied the requests of several broadband providers and trade groups asking the agency to delay its net neutrality rules. The FCC, late Friday, denied petitions for a stay of its net neutrality rules from Daniel Berninger , founder of the nonprofit Voice Communication Exchange Committee, the American Cable Association , the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, USTelecom , the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association, AT&T and CenturyLink.
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FCC rejects industry request to stay Open Internet rules
2015-05-09 16:11:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The US Federal Communications Commission denied a request submitted by telecom industry groups and major operators to stay its Open Internet rules. The FCC said that the petitioners - USTelecom, AT&T, CenturyLink, CTIA-the Wireless Association and the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association - failed to meet the criteria for granting a stay. These require them to show they would likely prevail in a full challenge of the rules, would suffer irreparable harm without the interim relief, other parties would not be harmed from suspending the rules and the public interest would benefit from the stay. The FCC has consistently rejected the industry claim that it does not have the authority to impose such regulations, citing court jurisprudence and no action from Congress precluding its decisions. Nor did the FCC act "arbitrarily or capriciously", as the rules are based on an analysis of changing market conditions in recent years, including the widespread use of broadband internet and rise of third-party services over internet networks. The FCC also rejected industry threats that operators will be forced to abandon investments in IP services, calling this "vague", the potential harm "theoretical" and no basis for estimating any actual danger to the industry. Previous industry statements also suggest that consumers would suffer without the Open Internet rules, and the rules are "grounded in the public interest", the FCC said.
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FCC Sets Stage for Supplemental Changes to the Federal Telecom Pole Attachment Rate Formula
2015-05-07 22:38:57| Telecom - Topix.net
Today, the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau released a Public Notice seeking to refresh the record on a Petition for Reconsideration filed by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association , COMPTEL, and tw telecom in June 2011 seeking to change certain aspects of the FCC's new telecommunications pole attachment rate formula to make the telecommunications and cable pole attachment rates equivalent even when the number of attaching entities differ from the Commission's presumptions. Without changes to the formula, the telecommunications rate could significantly exceed the cable rate, thwarting the Commission's effort to align the two federal pole attachment rates.
FCC Chairman: Cable Industry Needs More Competition
2015-05-07 22:02:51| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Tom Wheeler urged the cable industry to foster competition and knock it off with the net neutrality battles.
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FCC asks how LTE can share the airwaves with Wi-Fi
2015-05-06 09:24:45| Wireless - Topix.net
A way to let cellular operators share Wi-Fi frequencies without jamming up Internet service is now in the spotlight at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. On Tuesday, the agency asked for public comments on LTE-U , which Verizon Wireless , T-Mobile USA, SK Telecom and other operators are exploring as a way to get more spectrum for better service.
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