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We just had a court decision that shook the telecom industry. In an Opinion in Case No. 22-6008 titled “On Petition For Rehearing En Banc” released on July 24, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans by a 7 to 5 vote found the Universal Service Fund (USF) unconstitutional. The Court, which […]
In a Report and Order (Order) in Docket 21-479, to be voted on July 18, 2024, the FCC is expected to adopt the first nationwide Next Generation 911 (NG911) transition rules that will define the responsibilities and set deadlines for originating service providers (OSPs) to implement NG911 capabilities on their networks and deliver 911 calls […]
Chevron Doctrine and Net Neutrality – It is not an understatement to say that the Supreme Court decision on June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, to throw out the Chevron Doctrine will have the most far-reaching impact on telecommunications in decades. For years, government agencies such as the FCC have increasingly gained […]
On April 25, 2024, the FCC adopted an Order in Docket 23-230, reinstating Net Neutrality as the law of the land. Unless it is stayed by a court, the Order will take effect on July 22, 2024. In the Order, the Commission reclassifies broadband Internet access service as a Title II telecommunications service, forbids blocking, throttling […]
The FCC announced that the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) officially ended on June 1, 2024, after the Republicans in Congress failed to approve additional funding. The agency had already imposed an enrollment freeze in early February to help with the accurate forecasting of the funding draw-down and to smooth the administration of the ACP’s end. Here […]
In the forty years I have been covering the telecommunications industry there has never been a year filled with more new regulations propagated by the FCC than this year. Between treating ISPs as public utilities, fighting so-called broadband discrimination, and lately requiring broadband labeling, the Commission continues to hamper investment in the Internet and stymies […]
On April 26, the FCC released a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) in Docket 18-336, proposing improvements for wireless call routing to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline that would connect callers in crisis to behavioral health resources in their current state or county. Calls to 988 are today routed based on the calling phone’s […]
It’s only April, but it has already been a bad year for ISPs. Yesterday, the FCC voted to reinstate the Net Neutrality rules, including reclassifying broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service. For now, all ISPs will be treated as public utilities like electric companies. It won’t stand for long, but for now, Title […]
In its most predictable decision ever, the FCC is going to use its April 25, 2024, meeting to approve a Declaratory Ruling, Order, Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration in Docket 23-320 to once again make Net Neutrality the law of the land. The Commission’s actions will almost certainly be appealed to the federal […]
The comment period has ended in the ongoing FCC proceeding to reinstate the federal Net Neutrality rules in Docket 23-320. There should be no doubt that despite the vehement opposition from broadband providers, the Commission has already decided to (1) reclassify broadband Internet access service (BIAS) as a Title II telecommunications service; (2) forbid blocking, […]