Posted by Barlow Keener

Universal Service Reform has been in the FCC “reform hopper” for more than 10 years.  Commissioner McDowell correctly labeled the USF program “antiquated, arcane, inefficient and just downright broken.” Fixing USF is anything but easy because while you can move USF money from one bucket to another, lowering the fee will take away government subsidies [...]

Posted by Barlow Keener

The Comcast net neutrality order was rejected and returned to the FCC by the D.C. Court of Appeals in April 2010.  The order, as we all know, focuses on the FCC’s attempted regulation of a cable company’s Internet network management practice.  Comcast and cable providers were pleased with the outcome as these providers know just [...]