Furchtgott-Roth Supports Forbearance in USTelecom Petition
The Telecom Act "commands the [FCC] to forbear from regulation that is no longer necessary as a result of competition," said former Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth in a filing Friday in docket 18-141. He wrote about the USTelecom forbearance petition seeking…
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relief from a 2-decades-old regulation of transport services and facilities for ILECs. He said sections 10 and 11 of the 1996 act were designed to force removal of regulation as industry competition advances. The forbearance petition is up for a vote by the agency at commissioners' July 10 meeting. Now president of Furchtgott-Roth Economic Enterprises, he received underwriting from USTelecom for part of his declaration.