CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Begins Groundwork to Extend Outage Reporting Obligations to Broadband and Interconnected VoIP Providers

Despite issues over the FCC's jurisdiction in light of the Comcast decision, the FCC's Public Safety Bureau took a step toward possible extension of the FCC's outage reporting requirements to broadband service…

Comcast, Phase II: FCC Opens Inquiry into Broadband Classification Options

The FCC today adopted and released its highly anticipated Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) regarding the potential regulatory reclassification of facilities-based broadband Internet access services. This proceeding will…

FCC Open Meeting Recap

The FCC took a flurry of actions at yesterday's monthly open meeting . Fulfilling this blog's role as your resource for news and helpful links, below is your guide to yesterday's actions. Wireless Market Report : The…

FCC's Genachowski Proclaims a "Third Way" to Apply Net Neutrality

A month after the Court of Appeals reversed the FCC's Comcast decision, FCC Chairman Genachowski announced a "third way" to regulate broadband transmission lawfully. The Chairman released a statement describing his…

FCC Overrules USAC on USF Application to T-1s

The Wireline Competition Bureau of the FCC has overruled a USAC finding that an internet services provider should pay universal service fund assessments on T-1s that the company uses to provide internet access and…