News - April 25, 2024

INCOMPAS Statement on Net Neutrality Vote

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 25, 2024 – INCOMPAS CEO Chip Pickering released the following statement in response to the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) vote on the Net Neutrality item in today's meeting:

“Net neutrality policy is competition policy. It ensures that consumers can access the content, applications and services of their choice and enables better services, innovation and connectivity. INCOMPAS has long supported an open internet. A federal framework to ensure an open internet throughout the U.S. will advance our economic interests as a nation. While we support the overarching principles of this order, we remain deeply concerned about the Commission's decision to forbear on Section 254(d) of the Act, which would help sustain the Universal Service Fund. The USF is in dire need of reforms and this move throws the fund into legal jeopardy and puts it on uncertain footing."