There could be a movement afoot to reclassify broadband, and eventually, mobile broadband as Title II – also known as a common attack aircraft carrier.
A report said Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is volition to documentation a move to reclassify broadband as a common attack aircraft carrier, if FCC drumhead Julius Genachowski chooses to pursue this path. This is important because if broadband was classified as this, it would be content to more regulation. The Federal Communications Commission currently doesn’t have explicit legal power over this, according to a recent federal appeals homage opinion.
This could have major implications for mobile information in the future tense, as Genachowski is a big believer in using mobile networks to bridge the so-called “digital divide.” He’s lobbied for carriers to get more spectrum and has generally been pretty goodness to the carriers. Placing these companies under more regulation would certainly not amplification him any admirers in the manufacture.
It’s a tricky issue though because ace could argue that the U.S. cellular marketplace is so wacky because it didn’t rich person stricter regulations on what type of technology should be used, or how it should be accessed. The flip side to that argument is that we would have never got the amount of coverage (remember, the United States is geographically big) without the carriers having proper financial incentive.
[Via PhonesMag]
