CommLaw Monitor
Obama Proposes E-rate Reform
In a speech yesterday, President Obama proposed to reform the federal Universal Service Fund's Schools and Libraries program (commonly referred to as the "E-rate" program. He directed the FCC to implement a program…
FCC Issues Connect America Fund Order and Notices Affecting Tier 2 and Tier 3 LECs
David Darwin co-authored this post. In the final days of the Genachowski era, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau continued to press forward to implement and refine the Connect America Fund (“CAF”). Late yesterday,…
Court Rules for ISP in Deep Packet Inspection Lawsuit
Barbara Miller co-authored this post. A few years back, the use of deep packet inspection software – software that examines individual data packets in a broadband transmission – to deliver targeted advertising was a…
FCC Opens the Year with A New Look at the Transition from TDM to IP Networks
Jameson Dempsey co-authored this post. With the new year upon us, the FCC will soon be receiving comment on one of the “big picture” issues facing telecom regulation: addressing the evolution of the Public Switched…
VOIP Outage Reporting Requirements to Take Effect December 16, 2012
In several earlier posts, we informed you the FCC had adopted mandatory outage reporting regulations for both facilities-based and non-facilities-based interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service…