Dale Curtis / Wednesday, April 26, 2017

WISPA Welcomes FCC Action to Reconsider “Title II” Classification for Internet Service Providers

PRESS RELEASE

Washington, DC (April 26, 2017) – The following statement may be attributed to Alex Phillips, president of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association(www.WISPA.org):

On behalf of hundreds of fixed wireless broadband providers serving almost 4 million customers across America, the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) welcomes Chairman Pai’s initiative to determine the best way forward to ensure free and fair competition on the internet.

WISPA members have always supported an open internet that promotes consumer benefits. However, the approach taken by the FCC in recent years – applying Title II of the Communications Act to broadband providers – unfortunately replaced a light-touch regulatory structure with a slew of heavy handed regulations and a compliance burden that falls disproportionately on small businesses.

Most U.S. WISPs are small businesses serving rural areas, with an average of about 1,200 customers and fewer than 10 employees. FCC regulations designed to treat all broadband providers like large monopoly utilities are taking resources away from investment in broadband networks in under-served areas and diverting them toward lawyers and compliance consultants instead.

We appreciate that Chairman Pai intends to run an open, transparent process, and we look forward to working with the FCC to develop a regulatory scheme that enhances investment, innovation, and consumer choice, especially in under-served areas.

About WISPA

WISPA is a membership-driven trade association that promotes the development, advancement and unity of the fixed wireless internet service provider industry. For more information, visit www.wispa.org.

Media Inquiries:

Dale Curtis for WISPA, dale@dalecurtiscommunications.com, Tel: (202) 495-3701 (office) or 202-246-5659 (mobile)
Breyana Franklin, breyana@dalecurtiscommunications.com, 301-346-0056 (mobile)

All Other Inquiries:

Trina Coffey, tcoffey@wispa.org, 866-317-2851

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WISPA News

Below is a list of WISPA press releases and news articles about the Association and Industry.



2016
Date		Title
December 16, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Extremely Disappointed by FCC’s Inaction on Small Business Exemption
December 13, 2016		WISPAclips: News from Around the Internet - 12/13/16
December 5, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Raise Concerns About Impacts of AT&T-Time Warner Merger; Call On Federal Authorities to Reject It
November 7, 2016		WISPAclips: News from Around the Internet - 11/07/16
October 27, 2016		Fixed Wireless Broadband Providers Appreciate FCC’S Sensitivity to Small Broadband Providers in New Consumer Privacy Rules
October 13, 2016		Fixed Wireless Industry Poised for Robust Growth and Greater Policy Activism (WISPAPALOOZA Wrapup)
September 20, 2016		WISPA Teams with METAvivor for Pink Day at WISPAPALOOZA
August 12, 2016		WISPA Elects New Officers and Board Members for 2016-2017 T erm
August 10, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Applaud Federal Court Decision on Municipal Broadband
July 25, 2016		A Growing Consensus That the FCC Must Change Course on Privacy
June 15, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Welcome Senate Committee Vote to Protect Small Businesses and Rural Americans
June 14, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Disappointed by Court's Decision Upholding FCC Regulations
June 8, 2016		Experts to FCC: Change Course on Broadband Privacy Rules
May 25, 2016		Small Internet Service Providers Applaud FCC Action to Promote Broadband Build-Out in Under-Served A reas
May 19, 2016		New Overtime Rules Affect Small Businesses
March 16, 2016		Wireless Internet Service Providers Praise the U.S. House for Protecting Small Businesses and Rural Americans
February 25, 2016		House Committee Action Paves Way to Progress in Full House and Senate
January 12, 2016		WISPA Asks Congress For ISP Small Business Regulatory Certainty

2015
Date		Title
December 16, 2015		WISPA Hails FCC Decision Extending Small Business Relief
November 20, 2015		WISPA Applauds House of Representatives for Support of Small Business Exemption from New Open Internet Disclosure
October 6, 2015		WISPA Appoints New Committee Chairpersons, Officers and Welcomes Elected Board of Directors
August 13, 2015		WISPA Responds to FCC’s Unlicensed TV Band Spectrum Ruling
June 29, 2015		(Wireless Week) - WISPA: Wi-Fi, LTE-U Coexistence Requires More than Just “Benign Intentions”
June 2, 2015		The FCC’s Extension of U-NII Compliance Deadline Benefits WISPA and The Fixed Wireless Industry
May 19, 2015		WISPA Meets With Policymakers on Capitol Hill
May 12, 2015		WISPA Holds Policy Summit in Washington D.C.
May 5, 2015		WISPA Board Member Appointed to FCC Consumer Advisory Committee
May 1, 2015		WISPA Asks FCC to Stay Title II and Internet Conduct Rules
April 28, 2015		WISPA Files For Court Review of FCC’s Open Internet Order
April 17, 2015		WISPA Applauds the FCC’s New Spectrum Sharing Ruling
March 2, 2015		WISPAmerica 2015 Surpasses Attendance Record
February 26, 2015		Municipal Broadband Ruling by FCC Jeopardizes Private Sector Investments
February 26, 2015		Open Internet Ruling Receives Mixed Reaction from the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association
February 25, 2015		WISPA Comments on the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Hearing
February 10, 2015		FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly to Keynote at WISPAmerica 2015
February 4, 2015		WISPA Urges Regulators to Defer Vote on Net Neutrality Rules
January 21, 2015		WISPA Responds to State of the Union
January 5, 2015		New WISPA Website and Member Portal Coming Soon!