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The FCC: Having Its Forbearance Cake and Eating It Too
Authored by Paul Mancini, AT&T Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Over the last month, various members of the FCC and others have publicly promoted the agency’s proposal to change...
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AT&T Statement on FCC NOI
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today moved forward, in a 3-2 vote, to consider subjecting broadband Internet services to Title II phone regulations. Attribute the following statement to...
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The Third Way: The Unpacked Director’s Cut
The problem with the Open Internet fight generally and the Title II fiasco specifically is that fiction tends to trump facts in the debate. It’s understandable. It’s easier sometimes to understand...
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Hiding the Internet Ball
“To define is to limit.” Or so said Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray. When it comes to regulating the Internet, however, the FCC is apparently unwilling to define its regulatory limits. In its...
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Don’t Try This in Your (Broadband) Home
Since the FCC released its Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on the regulatory classification of broadband Internet access services, we’ve spent some time explaining why Title II is a bad idea for achieving the...
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The Not So Elusive Middle Ground
Amidst the flurry of blogs and op-eds on net neutrality, Title II and broadband reclassification that cross my desk on a daily basis, it was a welcome and refreshing change to read Paul Misener’s piece...
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“I Want my QoS!”
I had the honor of participating in a terrific panel the other day at ITIF. The panel was about the idea of “managed services,” and much of the discussion focused on the value of QoS (quality of...
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Harold Feld is Right (About Some Things)
Kudos to Public Knowledge’s Harold Feld for sharpening his lawyer pencil and addressing some of the legal issues around the (apparently) fascinating issue of “paid prioritization.” In a recent blog...
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AT&T Statement on Proposed FCC Rules to Preserve an Open Internet
Background – The FCC has announced that it will address proposed rules to preserve the open Internet at its December 21st Open Meeting. The following statement may be attributed to Jim Cicconi,...
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Welcome to the World Of Title II Regulation
Occasionally a proponent of Title II regulation of Internet access will ask, in effect, what’s so bad about Title II? What follows is a cautionary tale about the absence of regulatory certainty in the...
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