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Broadband Bulk Billing is 'Pro-Competitive," Hotwire Tells Simington, Staff

Hotwire Communications asked the FCC to abandon its proposal to ban bulk billing arrangements between ISPs and multi-tenant buildings in a meeting with Commissioner Nathan Simington and aides (see 2403050069). Hotwire said in an ex parte filing posted Tuesday in…

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docket 17-142 that the FCC determined in 2010 that bulk billing arrangements are "pro-competitive" and the record since then lacks evidence supporting a ban. The company asked that the item be considered during a commission meeting, saying it would "enable the public to review and provide input on the draft rulemaking for three weeks prior to the vote." It also asked that rules not apply to existing bulk billing agreements, since "numerous parties have made significant investment and deployment decisions in reliance on the 2010 decision."