Under greater scrutiny by the public a little bit more so they are looking at some of those factors to get that position furthered in congress. Conversely is there an increase of lobbying efforts by amazon or google . Have we seen that . I do think that status quo is advantageous as opposed to the isp and that is why it Congress Needs to take the wheel on that neutrality to see as much of that coming from the tax side. So where are we with Net Neutrality . That is a good question. They have their proposed rule making it out with the final stage of that it is in the sec court right now and that hearing was postponed indefinitely. Subleased from my reporting there is a reluctance from the tech company to have the ceo on the hill even though the status quo is in their favor at the moment. Before the august recess they said we will have legislation with no real draft or compromise and to backhand his way to pressure a the democrats on legislation. That they could win more vague grass roots. And that is extraordinary. Initially putting together neutrality order. Every betty is watching these sec chairman. With a big public rollcall vote verbally they pass by unanimous consent and they said we will not include them so if they try to have a floor vote but if he is not reconfirmed he asked to leave the position also. When will the sec follow that agenda . By the december meeting. Theyre trying to schedule a vote before the recess during the second week of october. There is so many things they have to do but that helped last week quite a bit. To there is a leader of membership to said clearly he does not want to wait until the end of the year or for the chairman the key is koch reluctant to act with the media ownership could not make it any easier there is some thinking that he is very wary of doing that this is coming down the pike. So to you deregulate. This is the first full contention. I think a lot of folks are interested to cds as the former senior aide with the 5g wireless to the key issues and he will be stepping in step with the chairman or the independent actor. But no fireworks are expected. Now that we have the full commission trying to snuff out those priorities with their new commissioner and those who are returning or have returned, one of the first visits on the job is looking at North Carolina but they have different agenda in mind but a couple of weeks ago brendan witt to a couple of companies and was very tune in to the job aspect of the next generation 5g whereas focusing more on the of subsidy for the whole work gap for Internet Access and that has been a big priority. So that is what they will prioritize and i am very serious as to how far that the commissioner will defer to the chairman. The other interesting thing how they will act as commissioner there seems to be as a little more outspoken with that other democratic member of the commission with those long time questions and rivers and that changes the dynamic if he is the sole veteran democrat if there are issues involving sinclair and then to take those out in a new sort of way but Going Forward that is something worth watching and hurricanes is something they have been incredibly vocal. So that is something i am curious about. That the commissioner is leaving again that comes up in the next few months. Going back to that neutrality i think past the end of this year into the next heading in a direction of two different versions of neutrality so we have those neutrality rules and that is by Public Interest groups and so that will be an interesting battle to follow because because once that hits the courts or will the pressure keeps on . That is what the i sp would love to see with a compromise to neutrality but that would grant competitive protections. So all of that is an interesting dynamic. Will they be discussed this fall in congress . I think the merger that is at the top of everyones mind with the sec and congress and for people in the industry for acquisition and even made it last week to john oliver ended us segment highlighting his views on the political implications with the broadcasting giant perceived as conservative leaning or to grow even bigger in drawing criticism from publicinterest groups and other conservatives like one american use the network and from small Cable Operators as a combination with those strange bedfellows with a post merger of those implications to raise consumer cost to transmit some of this content on a competitive ground and with some political aspects as well. So that is going into the end of the year. And teeseventeen is seen as giving credit you handouts to make this happen so that is why i think this could come up or if it is approved that will get a bunch of fire so i can help to think what that will mean and then if they push back. So now there are other mergers going on as was predicted one that were watching very closely is sentry link and they are cutting up pretty close to their closing date they have been pushing quite hard but because of some state level of regulatory issues day push that back but the other issue they are confronting outside of telecom and media space they still have not been confirmed to the head of the department of justice so there is a lot of questions so that 180 day period to make that position for them to be confirmed or be in place that has not happened there is quite a number of parties as with hbo and other Media Properties they have some leeway but that is another big media merger those are some of the competitors a net space. And that was mentioned in that piece. I dont know if he did. And has not been as flashy but certainly is on the mind of the members of congress and the democrats on the senate side have written letters about at t time warner. I have seen reports especially if President Trump would scrutinize that merger with cnn that i have not been on that aspect of it. Also raising a lot of questions but that actual preview process with the antitrust division that is what the hill has been watching very closely but one of the key beings democrat said howell it depended will you be . So a lot of people are wondering if there is any formal sign off. It does seem to be moving forward at this point if they can still work through those conditions but it is the middle of september was still go head to the antitrust division that people are waiting on quite a bit. One of the candidates that they force the floor rollcall vote justin laverty on record to show everybody on record. Teeseventeen had widespread opposition from a the democrats it was very public. With the Equifax Breach are you covering this . It is something that Senate Commerce chairman is interested looking into the my colleagues of the Privacy Security will probably be more immediately engaged it is certainly something that is a big topic of the hill like those members who are fighting to who gets to investigate first. How much bandwidth will the take from other priorities . I dont the there is a lot of optimism right now but distracted law makers is a massive data preach talking about privacy in Data Security and with i sp privacy were early are in the year the Republican Congress repealed and that rule quite had not gone into effect yet but theres still a lot of discussion from Marcia Blackburn how to impose privacy rules through her browser act so things like that i have also watching. Will we see any Teck Corporation telekom related legislation come out of this . A feedback will bulled now bill is interesting to watch. To fill the goal of an executive order with a the bigger cuts spectrum which is a federal spectrum and i do think that potentially be to go forward in congress on this but but that has referred to those big ticket items that need to go forward like the sec reauthorization. It still has to go through the house and conferencing and the drumbeat is on tax reform. There is some interest that is what she hopes to pick it back to a given in the talk of the of bigger infrastructure package a lot of people want a bigger piece of it. From politico and also from bloomberg help us spread the word to middle school and Highschool Students and their teachers. Were asking them to choose a division of the constitution illustrating why it is important. It is open to all highschool and middle school students. 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