Upcoming event
On February 1, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission went to court to attempt to defend its 2017 decision to gut the agency's net neutrality consumer protections and eliminate all FCC oversight of internet service providers (ISPs).
Net neutrality court case preview: Did FCC mess up by redefining broadband?
Oral arguments in the case against Ajit Pai's net neutrality repeal are scheduled for Feb 1, and net neutrality advocates are confident that they will be victorious. Courts generally give deference to FCC classifications, so Pai's opponents will have the burden of proving that the FCC's reasoning wasn't legally sound. Net neutrality proponents spoke to reporters about the upcoming oral arguments in a press conference on Jan 30.
A hearing on the effects of the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality
Agenda
1. Budget Resolution for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
2. Subcommittee assignments for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
This hearing will focus on key steps to maintain U.S. global leadership in next-generation communications technology,spectrum needs to accelerate deployment, and new applications and services consumers can expect with 5G deployments. The hearing will also examine current efforts to modernize infrastructure siting policies and the security of 5G networks.
Witnesses
A talk with Susan Crawford on her new book, Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution and Why America Might Miss It. The book explores how fiber optic connections will enable virtual presence and dramatically change our daily lives and institutions, from agriculture to healthcare to education. Combining legal expertise with on-the-ground reporting, Crawford argues that the current providers of internet access in the U.S.
Net Neutrality Oral Argument Shaping up As Epic Battle
The Feb. 1 oral argument in the legal challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's Restoring Internet Freedom order (the case is Mozilla Corp. V. FCC) is going to be an epic event, at least in terms of the time allotted for both sides to make their cases. It is the only case slated for argument that day.
Senator John McCain once described the free grant of digital TV channels to broadcasters as "one of the great rip-offs in American history. They used to rob trains in the Old West, now we rob spectrum."
Remarks
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr
FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks
NBC News White House Correspondent Kristen Welker
Panels
- Success Stories from Pioneers
- Success Stories from Today’s Radio Entrepreneurs
- Success Stories from Today’s Television Entrepreneurs
- Success Stories from Today’s Broadband & OTT Entrepreneurs & Content Providers
FCC Reschedules February 2019 Open Meeting and Announces Tentative Agenda
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the February Open Commission Meeting has been rescheduled and will take place on Thursday, February 14, 2019. Chairman Pai also announced the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the February Open Commission Meeting. These items were originally circulated for the January meeting but were withdrawn due to the lapse in appropriations.