Bulk Broadband Alliance: FCC Should Drop Bulk Billing Proposal
The Bulk Broadband Alliance last week urged the FCC to abandon a proposal regulating bulk broadband billing arrangements in multi-dwelling units (MDU). The group cited a July letter from the American Economic Liberties Project asking that the commission let residents…
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opt out of bulk billing agreements between properties and ISPs (see 2408010064). However, the alliance said Friday in docket 17-142 that bulk billing brings "increased competition, reduced provider costs, and enhanced consumer bargaining power." Moreover, an opt-out requirement would bring higher prices because providers "would no longer submit the low bids they currently offer when competing for these contracts," the alliance said, adding that implementing the requirement would have "difficult administrative challenges." It also said the FCC lacked statutory authority to regulate bulk billing arrangements.