Telecommunications Policy

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Telecommunications Policy

FCC Telecom Service Provider Accessibility Certification Rules

April 22, 2013

Our friends at ACUTA (the higher education telecommunications administrators association) have posted an alert to colleges and universities that "charge students, tenants, or others for …

2013 Communications Policy Issues

January 23, 2013

I attended the Broadband Breakfast meeting last week, where Rep. Anna Eshoo and three Congressional staff gave an interesting preview of the communications policy issues to be addressed in the 11…

How USF Reform Might Affect Colleges and Universities: Some Early Appraisal

May 3, 2012

For many decades, telephone users served by commercial providers—including campuses—have paid surcharges on their interstate and international long-distance calls. The revenue collected by t…

U.S. Senate Rejects Net Neutrality Resolution of Disapproval - S.J. Res.6

November 10, 2011

Today, the U.S. Senate rebuffed S.J. Res. 6, an effort to overturn the FCC’s Open Internet rule. By a vote of 46-52, the measure failed in the Senate as it needed 51 votes to pass. The…

EDUCAUSE Coalition Visits U.S. Senate Offices Regarding Network Neutrality Rule

October 25, 2011

EDUCAUSE has advocated at the Federal level the past few years for Open Internet policies regarding the commercial Internet.  We support the FCC’s Report and Order that will become effective …

OMB Signs Off On FCC Net Neutrality Rules

September 13, 2011

On September 12, 2011, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) signed off on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Open Internet Order (aka Net Neutrality) following their review of …

Tune In January 26: Continuing Uncertainty Under FCC Network Neutrality Rules

January 19, 2011

In December 2010, the FCC adopted rules to preserve Internet freedom and openness, which are also referred to as network neutrality rules. In this free hour-long session, “ Continuing Uncertai…

FCC's New Net Neutrality Rules and Higher Ed

January 14, 2011

In late December the FCC approved new rules on net neutrality. These rules have been received with much controversy in the public sphere, gaining the acceptance of some ISPs and the disapproval o…

What the Verizon-Google proposal has achieved….

August 17, 2010

I’m quite sure that the individuals involved in drafting the recently announced Verizon-Google Legislative Framework Proposal did not expect the very public and very negative reaction that i…

“Third Way” may be the lever to resolve the debate over net neutrality

June 16, 2010

Just as I wrote earlier that net neutrality proponents may have won by losing the Comcast vs. FCC decision; it appears that Chairman Genachowski’s Third Way proposal may be the lever that w…