Small ISPs Request Fast-Tracked Legislation to Avert Transparency Reporting Requirements
Small ISPs want Congress to protect them from the net neutrality order’s enhanced transparency reporting requirements, which they will soon face. The American Cable Association, Competitive Carriers Association, NTCA and the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association sent a letter to…
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the bicameral backers of the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act, which stalled last Congress but would have exempted ISPs with 250,000 subscribers or fewer. The bill cleared the House without substantial Democratic objection. A temporary exemption from the FCC for ISPs with 100,000 or fewer subscribers expired last month, and the requirements take effect Jan. 17 (see 1612160059). “Unfortunately, because of unexpected inaction by the Federal Communications Commission, small broadband providers, who make up the majority of our associations, now face the prospect of imminent and irreparable harm from the rules going into effect in less than three weeks,” they told the lawmakers in a letter Tuesday. “To prevent this unjust outcome, we ask that you act again, and advance legislation relieving small businesses of these burdens as the 115th Congress convenes.”