Rural Wireless Association Asks FCC for Transparency Waiver
The Rural Wireless Association said it's asking the FCC for a waiver of net neutrality transparency requirements for small ISPs. The small ISP exemption lapsed after FCC commissioners couldn’t agree on an extension and the Office of Management and Budget…
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approved the enhanced disclosure requirements to start Jan. 17 (see 1612160059). Last week, FCC Republicans Ajit Pai and Mike O’Rielly assured small ISPs they had nothing to fear from the next FCC (see 1612190059), saying the new FCC won't clamp down on compliance. RWA said in a news release Friday that the FCC “inexplicably allowed this exemption to lapse earlier this month despite bipartisan Congressional support for its extension.” RWA asked the FCC to act before the rules take effect. “Grant of this waiver will ensure that small ISPs do not face additional substantial and unnecessary regulatory burdens as they work to provide broadband service in the most rural and remote portions of the country,” RWA said.