Wireline Competition Bureau
Broadband Initiatives
| Preserving and Promoting the Vibrant and Open Character of the Internet |
08/01/2008
Commission Orders Comcast to End Discriminatory Network Management Practices.
MO&O (8/20/08): Word | PDF
News Release: Word | PDF
Martin Statement: Word | PDF
Copps Statement: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement: Word | PDF
Tate Statement: Word | PDF
McDowell Statement: Word | PDF
04/16/2007
FCC Launches Inquiry into Broadband Market Practices. The Commission today begins an inquiry to better understand the behavior of participants in the market for broadband services.
NOI: Word | PDF
News Release (3/22/07): Word | PDF
Martin Statement: Word | PDF
Copps Statement: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement: Word | PDF
Tate Statement: Word | PDF
McDowell Statement: Word | PDF
09/23/2005
Internet Policy Statement. The Commission adopted
a policy statement that outlines four principles to encourage broadband deployment
and preserve and promote the open and interconnected nature of public Internet.
Press Release (8/5/05): Word | PDF
Martin Press Statement (8/5/05): Word | PDF
Policy Statement: Word | PDF
Statements on Internet Policy Statement and Wireline Broadband Order:
Martin Statement: Word | PDF
Abernathy Statement: Word | PDF
Copps Statement: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement: Word | PDF
| Increasing Incentives for Investment in Broadband Networks |
7/25/08
FCC Denies Qwest Forbearance Requests for Four Metropolitan Areas.
MO&O: Word | PDF
Martin Statement: Word | PDF
Copps Statement: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement: Word | PDF
03/21/2008
FCC Bans Exclusive Contracts for Telecommunications Services in Apartment Buildings.
Order: Word | PDF
News Release (3/19/08): Word | PDF
Martin Statement: Word | PDF
Copps Statement: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement: Word | PDF
Tate Statement: Word | PDF
McDowell Statement: Word | PDF
10/24/2007
FCC Grants Embarq, Frontier and Citizens Forbearance Order. The Commission granted substantial forbearance relief to Embarq, Frontier and Citizens with regard to their existing packet-switched broadband telecommunications services and their existing optical transmission services. The Commission also relieved the companies of their tariffing obligations under the Computer Inquiry rules in connection with these services, but require their compliance with the Computer Inquiry obligations that apply to all non-incumbent local exchange carrier, facilities-based wireline carriers.
Order: Word | PDF
Martin Statement: Word | PDF
Copps and Adelstein Joint Statement: Word | PDF
10/12/2007
FCC Grants AT&T Forbearance Order. The Commission granted substantial forbearance relief to AT&T with regard to its existing packet-switched broadband telecommunications services and its existing optical transmission services. The Commission also relieved AT&T of its obligations under the Computer Inquiry rules in connection with these services, conditioned on its compliance with the Computer Inquiry obligations that apply to all non-incumbent local exchange carrier, facilities-based wireline carriers.
Order: Word | PDF
Martin Statement: Word | PDF
Copps & Adelstein Joint Statement: Word | PDF
Tate Statement: Word |PDF
McDowell Statement: Word | PDF
10/14/2005
Verizon Fast-Packet Order. The Commission waived certain requirements under its price cap rules and regulations to allow Verizon to exercise pricing flexibility for advanced services that rely on packet technology, similar to the pricing flexibility that it has for other special access services.
Order: Word | PDF
03/25/2005
BellSouth “Naked DSL” Petition. The Commission found that a state commission may not require an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC) to provide digital subscriber line (DSL) service to an end-user customer over the same unbundled network element (UNE) loop facility that a competitive LEC uses to provide voice services to that end user. State decisions that impose such an obligation are inconsistent with and substantially prevent the implementation of the Commission’s federal unbundling rules and policies set forth in the Triennial Review Order.
Order: Word | PDF
10/27/2004
Section 271 Fiber Unbundling Relief. The Commission provided regulatory consistency for new fiber networks installed by the Regional Bell Operating Companies by providing the same relief from unbundling obligations under Section 271 of the Act that the Commission provided under Section 251 in the Triennial Review Order.
Press Release: Word | PDF
Order: Word | PDF
10/18/2004
Fiber-to-the-Curb. The Commission relieved incumbent wireline providers from unbundling requirements for fiber-to-the-curb loops. These loops, where fiber optic cable is extended to the neighborhood but not the premises, can deliver many of the same benefits as fiber-to-the-home.
Press Release: Word | PDF
Order: Word | PDF
08/09/2004
Fiber to Multiple Dwelling Units. The Commission extended the Triennial Review Order’s FTTH unbundling relief to apartment buildings and other multiple dwelling units.
Press Release: Word | PDF
Order: Word | PDF
08/21/2003
Triennial Review Order. The Commission provided incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) substantial unbundling relief for loops utilizing fiber facilities. The Commission determined that incumbent LECs do not have to unbundle certain broadband elements, including fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) loops in greenfield situations, broadband services over FTTH loops in overbuild situations, the packetized portion of hybrid loops, and packet switching. The Commission, in applying the unbundling standard of section 251(d)(2) of the Act, considered the directive of section 706 that it provide incentives for investment in broadband facilities, and concluded that these facilities should not be unbundled.
Press Release: Word | PDF
Attachment: Word | PDF
Order: Word | PDF
| Improving
Data Collection to Monitor Broadband |
Broadband Data Reports
06/12/2008
FCC Revises Broadband Data Collection Order.
Order: Word | PDF
Copps Statement: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement: Word | PDF
06/12/2008
FCC Expands, Improves Broadband Data Collection.
Broadband Data R&O: Word | PDF
706 Report: Word | PDF
News Release (3/19/08): Word | PDF
WCB Open Meeting Presentation: PDF
Martin Statement on Broadband Data & 706 Report: Word | PDF
Copps Statement on Broadband Data: Word | PDF
Copps Statement on 706 Report: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement on Broadband Data: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement on 706 Report: Word | PDF
Tate Statement on Broadband Data: Word | PDF
Tate Statement on 706 Report: Word | PDF
McDowell Statement on Broadband Data: Word | PDF
McDowell Statement on 706 Report: Word | PDF
11/9/04
FCC Improves Data Collection to Monitor Nationwide Broadband Rollout.
News Release: Word | PDF
MO&O (11/12/04): Word | PDF
Powell Statement: Word | PDF
Copps Statement: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement: Word | PDF
3/24/00
Local Competition and Broadband Reporting.
R&O (3/30/00): Word | PDF
News Release: HTML
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