Wireless ISPs on Board With Pai Approach on Net Neutrality
The Wireless ISP Association endorsed the draft NPRM​ on net neutrality circulated by Chairman Ajit Pai for a vote at next week’s commissioners' meeting. Seventy WISPA members signed a letter. Reclassification of broadband under Title II of the Communications Act…
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is a problem for WISPs, the group said. “Our relative lack of size and scale frustrates our ability to attract the additional private capital that would enable us to more rapidly expand our networks to help bridge the urban-rural digital divide and to densify our networks to improve the consumer experience through higher speeds and better performance,” said the filing in docket 17-108. “Our challenges are exacerbated by the Title II Order the FCC adopted in 2015, which has significantly increased compliance burdens and regulatory risk through heavy-handed regulation that is rife with uncertainty.” The WISPs said small providers face disproportionate burdens trying to comply with one-size-fits-all rules like those in the 2015 net neutrality order. The WISPs singled out the “general conduct” standard in the 2015 order as particularly troublesome.