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Many questions remain about the rules for the future of the 3.5 GHz band, but industry officials said a compromise appears to be in the works that could leave census tracts in place as the primary license size for the priority access licenses (PALs), the licensed component of the shared band. Industry officials said the path to approval will be much smoother if FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly agrees to leave the license sizes as they are in the original rules, rather than pressing for larger license geographies that wireless ISPs and others say would be too big for everyone but the carriers. The FCC didn’t comment.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Dec. 18-31:
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The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 11-17:
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The FCC draft "restoring internet freedom" order cites studies to show the 2015 net neutrality order hurt the economy. Such arguments have been disputed, but court watchers agree for the most part that when legal challenges are filed, judges are likely to give the analysis little scrutiny. NCTA CEO Michael Powell told reporters Wednesday consumers will see no change due to the order. The National Hispanic Media Coalition said it expects to take the regulator to court, and states may as well.
The FCC draft "restoring internet freedom" order cites studies to show the 2015 net neutrality order hurt the economy. Such arguments have been disputed, but court watchers agree for the most part that when legal challenges are filed, judges are likely to give the analysis little scrutiny. NCTA CEO Michael Powell told reporters Wednesday consumers will see no change due to the order. The National Hispanic Media Coalition said it expects to take the regulator to court, and states may as well.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 4-10:
With the FCC poised to declare "internet freedom," there is much disagreement about whether deregulated broadband providers will have the incentive and ability to engage in paid prioritization of traffic that favors some content and applications, potentially harming rivals and consumers. Cable and telco ISPs said they generally don't want to discriminate among data streams, even if they can, and an order to remove "utility-style" net neutrality regulation, which commissioners plan to vote on Thursday, will promote broadband investment and innovation. They said adequate safeguards remain, including at the FTC and DOJ, to curb harms to consumers or competition, but net neutrality advocates disagree. (In related news Monday, see 1712110050 on congressional rollback efforts and 1712110049 on an draft FTC-FCC ISP monitoring plan.)