as an ISP/Broadband Provider and CLEC I'll throw my
on this topic.
This is a interesting topic and here is why..
- They say to promote pole and conduit access for broadband providers, under title 2 section 224 it use to say "telecommunications companies" which means.. CLEC/ILECs wold gain access to public utilty poles/conduit
- FCC claimed interconnections.. where nos for example if netflix is peering with comcast and comcast is refusing to upgrade/add more interconnects netflix can now file a complaint with the FCC and the FCC can enforce action upon comcast to upgrade or face fines
- Consumor stand point.. No more data caps (i.e comcast 300gb limt and throttle) unlimited means unlimited. Though you will probably see plans witch to "10TB of data included" vs your Mbps flat rate you see today
- this ultimately opens up for additional taxes.. on the federal level to end users, however due to the internet freedom act federal and states cannot charge tax on internet service... so we will see how this works out
- ISPS with over 100k subscribers will have to mention their network in advertisements and disclose their packet loss
This will certainly be a interesting change of events in the future because of title 2