CommLaw Monitor
Net Neutrality Update
After months of waiting for the FCC to publish its Net Neutrality Order in the Federal Register, the FCC has finally . . . released a clarification of the disclosure rules that will eventually apply. The action does…
Comment Dates Set for Proposed Expansion of Outage Reporting Rules to VoIP Services
Last month, we noted that the FCC is proposing to expand outage reporting obligations to interconnected VoIP providers, broadband Internet access providers and to Internet backbone providers. The new rules propose…
FCC Releases Text of VoIP Outage NRPM; Latency, Jitter Proposed as Reporting Triggers
As we discussed previously, the FCC is proposing to extend outage reporting obligations to interconnected VoIP providers, broadband Internet access providers and to Internet "backbone" providers. With the release of…
FCC Proposes to Require Interconnected VoIP and Broadband Service Providers to File Outage Reports
As we noted earlier this week, the FCC is moving ahead to expand its reporting obligations for telecommunications outages. Touting the outage reporting rules as a 911 service protection, the FCC proposed to expand its…
VoIP Outage Reporting Makes May FCC Meeting Agenda
It has taken nearly a year since the FCC's Public Safety Bureau first started laying the groundwork, but the FCC is poised to consider expanding its outage reporting rules to cover interconnected VoIP communications…