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Looking Into 2014
Crystal ball Français : Boule de cristal (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As any year comes to a close it’s always fun to look forward to the next year and to make some guesses about the direction of our...
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A Solution for Net Neutrality?
Today Mozilla filed comments with the FCC with a clever solution that would fix the net neutrality fiasco. Attached is the Mozilla filing. I call the solution clever, because if the FCC wants to solve...
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Net Neutrality Enters the Twilight Zone
In the telecom world we are not very used to our issues getting a lot of notice from the public. But it’s obvious that net neutrality has become a political issue as much as it is an industry issue....
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Is There a Web Video Crisis – Part IV and Final
In the previous three installments of this blog I looked at the issues behind the demands of Comcast and Verizon to charge content providers for creating an Internet ‘fast lane’. In particular I have...
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Politics and Net Neutrality
Politics is always around in our industry but it is mostly out of sight. The big telecom companies maintain hordes of lobbyists to push their interests, but this is mostly done out of the public eye....
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The FCC and Peering
As the politics of net neutrality keep heating up, Senator Pat Leahy and Representative Doris Matsui introduced the Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act of 2014. This bill requires the FCC to...
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What if We Never Get Net Neutrality?
I’ve been reading a number of summaries of the million plus comments made in the net neutrality docket at the FCC. Since we are sitting today with basically no rules in place on the issue I wondered a...
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Compromise on Net Neutrality?
The FCC is considering a compromise solution to net neutrality that already is satisfying almost nobody. Both through speeches given by FCC Chairman Wheeler along with some leaked memos, it’s clear...
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Is it Time for New Telecom Law?
A number of articles published since the recent election claim that both the House and Senate are ready to tackle telecom reform. There have been subcommittee meetings and discussions in both chambers...
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Forbearance and Net Neutrality
As the FCC crawls slowly towards a decision on net neutrality, I thought it would be useful to talk a bit about forbearance. Forbearance means restraining from doing something, and all of the proposals...
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The FCC’s Plate is Full
I don’t think I can remember a time when the FCC had more major open dockets that could impact small carriers. Let’s look at some of the things that are still hanging open: Net Neutrality. This is the...
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How Canada Handles Net Neutrality
Every country that wants an open Internet is wrestling with the same net neutrality issues that we face in the US. Canada has come up with a common sense approach that and some of what they have done...
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My Take on the Net Neutrality Ruling
Chairman Wheeler announced the highlights of his proposed order on net neutrality, and since I have been following this closely I guess I should weigh in on what he is proposing. Assuming the FCC vote...
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Will Net Neutrality Kill Telecom Investment?
The big telcos keep saying that the proposed net neutrality rules will kill their desire to make investments in broadband networks. Is there anything about the proposed rules that would give them...
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Net Neutrality in the Courtroom
Barely two week after the release of the FCC’s new net neutrality rules there have been two lawsuits filed asking the courts to set aside the new rules. This is one of the quickest reactions to an FCC...
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Regulatory Alert – One Many Seemed to Have Missed
The original net neutrality ruling went into effect in October, 2011. This was an order from the FCC titled In the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet, GN Docket No. 09-191, Report and Order, FCC...
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. . . In Which the Blogger Gets to Play Lawyer
Now that numerous lawsuits are being filed against the net neutrality order, I thought I would give my own take on some of the issues being raised by the various lawsuits. I’m certainly no lawyer, but...
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Congress and Net Neutrality
Net neutrality is going to be in limbo for the next few years as the myriad of lawsuits make their way through the courts. I’ve written other blogs looking at this issue and, at least in my opinion,...
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When Will We See Landline Data Caps?
The National Journal asked the FCC how it was going after one month of net neutrality and also asked how many complaints they had gotten from consumers during this time. The FCC estimated they had...
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The Ongoing Fight Against Network Neutrality
There was such a big ruckus over the net neutrality battle that it’s easy to think that the fight against it is over and that net neutrality is now the rule of the land. But I see news on a regular...
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