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Republicans mulling challenge to FCC's impending net-neutrality rules

2015-01-05 13:16:06| Telecom - Topix.net

Demonstrator Margaret Flowers holds a sign in support of net neutrality outside the Federal Communications Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., this past May. Congressional Republicans are starting to line up in opposition to new net-neutrality rules supported by the Obama administration, contending that the effort to classify internet providers as utilities is a regulatory overreach and will stifle innovation, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The president has called on the Federal Communications Commission to impose rules that protect net neutrality and force those providers to treat all internet traffic equally instead of, say, charging some content providers for faster traffic.

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CenturyLink, Windstream say FCC's CAF-II timeline is too restrictive

2014-12-15 19:40:13| Grocery - Topix.net

CenturyLink and Windstream are prime candidates for FCC's Connect America Fund Phase II since both telcos serve a large swatch of Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets, but both telcos are concerned that the timeline to meet the 10/1 Mbps requirement is not realistic. The FCC ruled last week that service providers that want to take advantage of CAF funding will have to deliver broadband speeds of at least 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream.

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