The FCC in April proposed new rules
for Business Data Services (BDS) as part of “an internet protocol
environment” but met with wide industry disapproval this week as more
than four dozen comments were filed against the plan to regulate rates.
Multichannel News
reported that the FCC wants to put a price cap regulation “for cable
operators’ business services, in the category now called BDS that used
to be called special access.”
Critical comments spanned from industry trade groups to carriers to major towercos. Crown
Castle, with more than 40,000 towers for shared wireless
infrastructure, argued that “commenters who supported rate regulation
‘completely ignore or merely pay lip service to this critical investment
dynamic.’” The company continued with its argument, stating that “rate
regulation would be antithetical to the commission’s goal of promoting
network investment by competing providers and thereby increasing
competitive alternatives for BDS” and said that “rate regulation would
deter investment.” Continue Reading
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