The FCC today decided to classify wireless broadband as an information service (pdf), reports RCR News. The decision gives broadband wireless the same deregulatory status as cable modems, a status upheld by the Supreme Court in the Brand X decision.
La diversa qualificazione del servizio impone adempimenti impensabili alla progettazione:
"Small ISPs, like Brand X, wanted to use the coaxial cables owned by private cable companies. Brand X lost when the United States Supreme Court declared that a cable Internet provider is an “information service,” and not a “telecommunications service.” A “telecommunications service” (like POTS) is deemed a vital common carrier and provides “equal access” to a variety of services."
C'e' lo zampino di Skype ?
Skype wanted the FCC to declare that wireless carriers could connect directly to the old AT&T monopoly network so long as no harm was caused to the telephone system. The mobile phone industry opposed the Skype petition.