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Death Blow: Texas Court Strips ISP Grande Communications Of DMCA Safe Harbor Defense

Death Blow: Texas Court Strips ISP Grande Communications Of DMCA Safe Harbor Defense

Tony Veach
Broadband, Copyright, DMCA, ISPs

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has ruled that Texas-based Internet service provider Grande Communications Networks, LLC may not use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act safe harbor as part of its defense against a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by a group of record labels. The case is now set to move to trial, where the record companies are seeking to hold Grande secondarily liable for over one million instances of direct copyright infringement by Grande broadband subscribers.

Pai & O’Rielly’s Prediction Comes True: FCC Commissioner Tells USAC To Provide Information On Use Of E-Rate Funds To Overbuild Existing Fiber Networks

Pai & O’Rielly’s Prediction Comes True: FCC Commissioner Tells USAC To Provide Information On Use Of E-Rate Funds To Overbuild Existing Fiber Networks

Tony Veach
Broadband, Broadband Deployment, Fiber, USF, E-Rate

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly has asked the Universal Service Administrative Company to provide information on the use of E-Rate funding to overbuild existing USF-supported fiber networks. Commissioner O’Rielly has asked USAC to respond to his request no later than April 1, 2019.

FCC Releases Revised Support Offers For Existing A-CAM Carriers, Sets March 27 Deadline To Accept

FCC Releases Revised Support Offers For Existing A-CAM Carriers, Sets March 27 Deadline To Accept

Tony Veach
A-CAM, Broadband, Broadband Deployment, Fiber, Rate-of-Return, Universal Service, USF

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced  revised offers of Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) support and associated revised deployment obligations for the 262 carriers that have already been authorized to receive A-CAM. These carriers have until March 27, 2019, to notify the FCC whether they accept the revised amount of model-based support.

FCC Says Digital Divide Has Narrowed Substantially – DRAFT 2019 FCC Broadband Deployment Report Concludes Broadband Is Being Deployed At A Reasonable And Timely Rate

FCC Says Digital Divide Has Narrowed Substantially – DRAFT 2019 FCC Broadband Deployment Report Concludes Broadband Is Being Deployed At A Reasonable And Timely Rate

Tony Veach
Broadband, Section 706, Broadband Deployment, Fiber

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has circulated a draft of the 2019 Broadband Progress Report to his fellow commissioners. It is the second such report under the Pai administration, and for the second consecutive year, the report concludes that advanced telecommunications capability (broadband service) is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. The FCC is expected to vote on the report in the coming weeks.

FCC Replaces Rate-Of-Return Competitive Overlap Process With Reverse Auction System

FCC Replaces Rate-Of-Return Competitive Overlap Process With Reverse Auction System

Tony Veach
Broadband, Rate-of-Return, USF

The Federal Communications Commission has approved and released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that revises many universal service fund rules that apply to rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carriers. Among other things, in the order the FCC replaces the existing overlap process that applies to legacy rate-of-return service areas that are served by unsubsidized competitors with competitive auctions.

Rate-Of-Return Broadband Order: FCC Eliminates Capital Investment Allowance, Simplifies Budget Control Mechanism, And Reduces Monthly Per-Line Limit On Support

Rate-Of-Return Broadband Order: FCC Eliminates Capital Investment Allowance, Simplifies Budget Control Mechanism, And Reduces Monthly Per-Line Limit On Support

Tony Veach
Broadband, Rate-of-Return, USF

The Federal Communications Commission has approved and released a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that revises many universal service fund (USF) rules that apply to rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carriers. Among other things, the FCC’s order eliminates the capital investment allowance; simplifies the budget control mechanism calculation and eliminates the per-line reduction calculation that is part of the budget control mechanism; and reduces the monthly per-line limit on universal service support to $225 and then to $200.

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