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FCC’s Proposed Internet Rules Changes Little, No Real Impact On Interconnection or Choice

Dan Rayburn | Wednesday February 4, 2015 | 08:44 PM | 0 Comments

FCC Chairman Wheeler released a fact sheet today that outlined the new rules he is proposing for the Internet, which falls far short of solving the main complaints we’ve heard about in the market for so long. Many think it’s a big win for consumers that the proposed laws will prohibit ISPs from blocking, throttling, or prioritization content on their network, yet to date, no ISP has been accused of doing this. It’s nice that these restrictions might be a law going forward, but it doesn’t do anything to address the complaints of what takes place outside the last mile, or all the debate around consumers wanting more choices for broadband services.

In fairness, we haven’t seen the full proposal or all the details, but the fact is, that one of the biggest complaints we read about is that consumers want more choice when it comes to Internet service providers. The proposed rules won’t require any last-mile unbundling, so those that think the rules will foster more ISP services will be sadly mistaken. Think of how many times we read about consumers contending with local monopolies for their broadband Internet service and want more choice. Isn’t that the number one complaint by consumers? These new rules do nothing to address that. Not that I think they should, but this proposal doesn’t unbundle the last-mile and doesn’t regulate rates. So for those that call this a “win” for consumers, I don’t see it. There will be no new competition. The proposed new rules also allow ISPs to do “reasonable network management”, so those that wanted that off the table, won’t be happy either.

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