CTIA Wants Small ISPs Permanently Exempt From Net Neutrality Transparency Rules

CTIA - The Wireless Association called on the Federal Communications Commission to permanently exempt small businesses from transparency rules included in the agency’s 2015 network neutrality rules, with the current exemption scheduled to expire on Dec. 15.

“The enhanced transparency rules are unnecessary and unduly burdensome for all broadband providers, and particularly burdensome for smaller providers, many of which lack the monetary and/or staff resources to comply with complex disclosure requirements that will not provide any benefit to smaller providers’ customers,” wrote Krista L. Witanowski, assistant vice president of regulatory affairs at CTIA, in a filing with the FCC. “CTIA urges the Commission to permanently exempt small businesses from the enhanced transparency requirements and adopt a more realistic definition of the small business entities to which the exemption would apply.” The Washington-based organization represents companies such as AT&T and Verizon.