The achairman ajit pai greeting witnesses as the meeting is set to get under way shortly. Well have live allday coverage here on cspan3. Welcome. December 2017 meeting of the federal Communications Commission. Madam secretary, turn the floor over to you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Good morning to you, and good morning commissioners. The purpose of the federal Communications Commission open meeting is for the commission to consider the matters that have been duly posted in accordance with the government and the sunshine act. As provided in the commissions rules, members of the public are invited to observe, which includes attending, listening, and taking notes, but does not include participating in the meeting, or addressing the commission. Actions that purposely interfere or attempt to interfere with the commencement or conduct of the meeting, or inhibit the audiences ability to observe or listen to the meeting, including attempts by audience members to address the commission while the m
Reclassification as an Information Service interferes with the communication act, and commissions policy objective. In doing so, the item is heavyhanded utility style regular edition of the internet in favor of a light touch framework that worked for decades prior to 2016. The declaratory ruling also reinstates the private mobile state ossification of mobile broad and Internet Access service and returns to the commissions definition of interconnected service that existed prior to 2015. The item restores the authority of the federal trade commission to enforce Consumer Protection and antitrust laws. It also clarifies the effects of the return to a recent protest reclassification of a regulatory framework, including the need to apply a federal rigorous touring approach to Information Services like broadband Internet Access service. Next, the report and order adopts a transparency rule that would require Internet Service providers to disclose information about their practices to consumers
Afterward and also the protests outside the fccs washington dc headquarters. Works good morning mr. German and commissioner. Rulingclaratory takes several actions to restore Internet Freedom. First, the ruling restores Broadband Internet access to a title i Information Service classification. Reclassification as an Information Service interferes with the communication act, and commissions policy objective. In doing so, the item is heavyhanded utility style regular edition of the internet in favor of a light touch framework that worked for decades prior to 2016. The declaratory ruling also reinstates the private mobile state ossification of mobile broad and Internet Access service and returns to the commissions definition of interconnected service that existed prior to 2015. The item restores the authority of the federal trade commission to enforce Consumer Protection and antitrust laws. It also clarifies the effects of the return to a recent protest reclassification of a regulatory fra
In favor of a light touch framework that worked for decades prior to 2016. The declaratory ruling also reinstates the private mobile state ossification of mobile broad and Internet Access service and returns to the commissions definition of interconnected service that existed prior to 2015. The item restores the authority of the federal trade commission to enforce Consumer Protection and antitrust laws. It also clarifies the effects of the return to a recent protest reclassification of a Regulatory Framework, including the need to apply a federal rigorous touring approach to Information Services like broadband Internet Access service. Next, the report and order adopts a transparency rule that would require Internet Service providers to disclose information about their practices to consumers, punch partners, and other Small Businesses and the commission. Item returns to the transparency rule the Commission Adopted with certain improvements to promote transparency. It would also eliminat
That share of votes i make. Host and the vote the federal Communications Commission negated the obama era net brutality rules governing Internet Service providers. In this edition of the committee getters we will look at arguments on each side of the issue at the potential effects moving forward. Brian fung of the washington post, in your late story this morning you write that this vote will allow internet providers to speed up service from websites they favor and block or slowed and others. Is it that, or is it the regulatory light touch that chairman pai talked about . Guest its both indepth the fcc just decide to rollback rules that were implemented as you said in 2015, and in doing so the fcc will return to a regulatory structure that they argue serves the internet well for decades and represents a light touch on industry. That same approach will potentially allow internet providers to speed up some websites, slowdown others. Even if they decide not to do that right away its concei