A Deep Freeze

The FCC’s recent FNPRM on certain interstate jurisdictional cost separations issues, including a proposal to extend for another fifteen years the existing freeze on category allocations, would create a very…

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“21st Century Internet Act” Introduced in Congress

If enacted, the legislation proposed by Republican Congressman Mike Coffman of Colorado will codify into federal law “four corners” of net neutrality, while creating a new title for broadband services…

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Regulatory Humility

In a recent address, Chairman Ajit Pai stressed this as one of four “foundational principles” that guide his FCC in encouraging the development of new technologies and high-speed networks. Speaking…

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Divestiture in Reverse

The recent court ruling which allowed AT&T to acquire Time Warner for a cool $85 billion was not just a blow to the U.S. Department of Justice, but it is…

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Partisan Politics Strike the FCC

The same anti-Trump, anti-Republican fervor that has defined Democrats since the last presidential election seems to be increasingly infecting the Federal Communications Commission and its Chairman, Ajit Pai. A recent…

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As USAC Announces Cuts in HCLS and CAF BLS Support, Pai Responds

USAC recently announced that application of the FCC’s budget control mechanism would reduce USF support for small Rate-of-Return RLECS by 15.52% over the course of the next year. “As required…

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