[Info-vax] US Broadband

[JF Mezei]

On 15-03-03 11:00, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> No, what they voted for was to regulate last mile internet service through 
> a public utility commission the way landline telephone service was regulated 
> back when landline telephone service worked, and the way that most higher 
> grade telco services are regulated today.

No. Nobody knows what they actually voted for. The document has not yet
been made public since it needs to go through checking and dissent
documents debated and tagged on to it.

What we know:

Internet to be Title II, and there will me some 27 rules forborne and
some 200 regulations forborne. We don't know which.

We also know that there will be no wholesale requirement ("unbundling"
in USA parlance).

Zero rating remains legal (the biggest net neutrality violation) so
T_mobile can continue to provide some free web sites and others that are
capped with UBB.  However, the FCC's decisions sets up framework for
discussions on banning zero rating.


Note that in Canada, there was a big CRTC file on such a zero rating by
Bell Canada which exempted its onw video service from mobile phone UBB
limits, and consumers won. However, Bell Canada is now challenging the
CRTC's decision at the Federal Court of Appeals due to a loophole in the
Telecom Act that dats back from when TV was separate from
telecommunications. (and the process sees Bell actually suing citizens
who participated in the CRTC proceeding instead of suing the CRTC, so
yes, I may be slapped to pay Bell,s legal fees, although not likely).