In May, the commission proposed to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service, the right definition for this era.
Last year, the F.C.C. had the opportunity to redefine broadband as a telecommunications service, which would allow greater regulatory oversight.
Reclassifying broadband as a telecommunications service under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 could have all manner of unintended consequences.
The access networks simply provide what the telecommunications act defines as a telecommunications service, which is one good reason why the FCC should reclassify broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service.
Other tenants include FairPoint Communications, a telecommunications service company, as well as a handful of Internet start-ups.
The FCC is also considering reclassifying internet service as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.
The two it named were the Dish Network, a satellite TV service, and Verizon's FiOS TV, a telecommunications service.
The commission should state its case, relabel high-speed Internet access as a "telecommunications service," and take back the power to protect American consumers.
The pipes through which our data flow provide as much of a telecommunications service as the phone lines that carry our voices.
The proposal would designate broadband transmission as a telecommunications service, which, as with telephone service, would make it subject to stricter regulation.
So the F.C.C. declared that high-speed Internet access would no longer be considered a "telecommunications service" but rather an "information service".
