FCC May Be Disinclined Toward Additional Oversight of Cable Broadband Pricing, Gallant Says
The FCC decline of a GAO recommendation that it step up oversight of usage-based pricing could signal “a strong disinclination by the Chairman toward any new FCC limits on cable broadband pricing,” said Guggenheim Partners analyst Paul Gallant in an…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
email to investors Wednesday. The FCC’s rejection of GAO’s advice (see 1412020037) makes it seem likely that if the commission bases new net neutrality rules on Communications Act Title II, “the Wheeler-led FCC would do as much as it can to limit the risk of a shift toward greater pricing oversight by a future FCC,” Gallant said. “We continue to believe that reclassification of broadband as a Title 2 service -- should that happen -- would not make it more likely that a future FCC will in fact decide to regulate cable broadband prices.”