Smaller Wireless Carriers and Network Neutrality: No Title II, Please

Several smaller wireless network operators sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission asking the FCC not to classify broadband -- at least not mobile broadband -- as a telecommunications, or Title II, service and asking the commission not to apply the same network neutrality guidelines to both wireless and wired services.

Mobile broadband providers “face technical and operational challenges far more complex than our fixed counterparts do -- especially regional operators, who often rely on smaller spectrum holdings that make flexibility in network management all the more important,” wrote the carriers. They added that “we need the flexibility to aggressively manage traffic to provide consumers the mobile broadband experience they expect.” Carriers signing the letter included Bluegrass Cellular, Cellcom, Carolina West Wireless, King Street Wireless and Cavalier Wireless.