Small Wireless Carriers Make Case Against Net Neutrality Rules for Mobile
Wireless net neutrality rules could hamper the ability of small carriers to compete, said Cellcom CEO Patrick Riordan and Bluegrass Cellular CEO Ron Smith in a series of meetings at the FCC. The two carried the message for CTIA in…
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meetings with Commissioners Ajit Pai and Mignon Clyburn, Wireless Bureau Chief Roger Sherman and others at the agency, said filings in docket 10-127. “They both explained that adopting onerous open Internet rules could make it more difficult to raise capital and invest in their communities, at the detriment of service to rural America, areas where cable and telecommunications broadband companies often do not reach,” said the filing made by CTIA on the Pai meeting. It said the CEOs “also explained that adoption of expansive open Internet rules for mobile broadband would hinder their ability to offer the alternative business models at the heart of competitive differentiation and engage in practices designed to improve network performance.”