FCC Comment Deadlines Set on Small ISP Transparency Rule Exemption

Comment deadlines are set on a small-provider exemption to new net neutrality transparency rules, the FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau said in a public notice in docket 14-28. Initial comments are due Aug. 5 and replies are due Sept. 4, the bureau said after the Federal Register published a previous bureau public notice inviting comments and replies 30 days and 60 days after such publication, respectively (see 1506220037). The FCC is seeking comment on its decision to temporarily exempt small ISPs (with 100,000 or fewer broadband connections) from enhancements to its net neutrality transparency rules, which require local broadband providers to disclose to consumers, edge providers and others information about the "commercial terms, performance characteristics and network practices" of their services.