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Groups Urge Flexibility in Title II Broadband Rules

ACA Connects asked the FCC to grant smaller providers additional time to comply with certain requirements in its proposed rules reclassifying broadband as a Communications Act Title II telecom service. During a meeting with an aide to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks,…

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the group sought six months for smaller providers "to analyze the impact" of Title II and any new net neutrality rules, "as well as assess the interaction of Title II and the digital discrimination rules and state requirements." In a separate letter to the commission, CTIA and USTelecom asked the FCC to classify domain name systems (DNS) and caching as information services under the Communications Act. DNS and caching "remain integral parts of providers’ BIAS offerings, making those offerings information services under the Communications Act," the groups said.