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FCC Faces Propriety of Management of Wi-Fi Systems to Guard Against Radio Frequency Interference

The FCC has solicited comment on the rights of a Wi-Fi operator to manage its network through the use of FCC-authorized equipment to monitor and mitigate threats to the security and network interference. On November…

Form 477 Filing Interface Reopens; Deadline to File Set for December 11

On November 20, 2014, the FCC released a Public Notice announcing that the FCC Form 477 Local Competition and Broadband Report filing interface, which had been unavailable since October 7 due to ongoing technical…

Draft E-rate Order Will Be Circulated at December Commission Meeting

After adopting the E-rate Modernization Order in July, Chairman Wheeler announced that the Commission is poised to take the next step in updating the E-rate program for schools and libraries. At the Commission’s next…

FCC Expands Use of Electronic Filing to Common Carrier and Pole Attachment Complaints

On November 12, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the implementation of electronic filing procedures for common carrier complaints and pole attachment complaints under Sections 208 and 224,…

Obama Enters the Net Neutrality Ring with a Call for Title II Reclassification

After months of cryptic messages ostensibly in support of new open Internet rules (a policy colloquially known as “net neutrality”), on November 10th, President Obama issued a formal policy statement on the Federal…