Summary
The Federal Communications Commission - the traffic cop of the communications industry - just raised the speed limits on broadband. Its ruling on Thursday protects many of the fiber deployments by telephone companies from forced "open access" requirements. In short, the FCC made another positive step toward investment in an enabling technology.
The ruling fills an important void for increased investment in high-speed networks. The agency has been in the process of placing Jersey barriers between traditional local phone service and broadband, ensuring that open access rules meant for local phone service stay there. The FCC recognizes that there is hardly any "telephone" left in telephone companies. Cable, wireless, local phone, satellite and Internet service are all communications companies now, and their services are rapidly converging.See the full content of this document
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A Green Light for More Broadband
Thus far, telecommunications law has limited phone companies to drivin...
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