Sprint CTO Says Industry's Fibbing About Title II Impact Back in January Sprint surprised everybody by coming out in favor of tougher Title II based net neutrality rules. It was a clever gambit with little risk, as the announcement put a spotlight on T-Mobile's refusal to support Title II (despite its recent reputation as a consumer champion), and Sprint can of course back away from the support at any time should they find the actual rules -- to be released February 26 -- not to their liking. Still, the announcement can't have come as good news to the wireless industry's chief lobbying association, the CTIA. The CTIA has been busy trying to convince everyone that Title II net neutrality will destroy the Internet as we know it. They've also been trying to argue that it will stifle investment, despite the fact the industry just spent $45 billion on spectrum at auction despite stronger neutrality rules looming. Sprint so far isn't backing down in terms of veering far from the CTIA script, stating this week that they quote: It's one of those topics that is highly charged, highly politicized and we took a step back and said it works in the interest of our customers, our consumers and the industry and we frankly found some of the arguments (of our competitors) to be less than compelling," Bye told Reuters this week. "Our competitors are going to continue to invest so they are representing a situation that won't play out," he added. It's worth reiterating that the voice component of wireless services have been regulated under Title II during a decade of explosive investment, so Sprint's obviously not wrong. Still, we'll have to see if Sprint holds tight to their support of Title II rules when the rules are formally released on February 26. Sprint so far isn't backing down in terms of veering far from the CTIA script, stating this week that they don't expect to see any investment problems despite Title II net neutrality rules. In fact, Sprint CTO Stephen Bye was just short of calling the other carriers liars:It's worth reiterating that the voice component of wireless services have been regulated under Title II during a decade of explosive investment, so Sprint's obviously not wrong. Still, we'll have to see if Sprint holds tight to their support of Title II rules when the rules are formally released on February 26.







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@comcast.net anonomeX Anon "highly charged, highly politicized" no... just greed. AVonGauss

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Boynton Beach, FL 1 edit AVonGauss Premium Member Right now... Right now, this is all just about the reclassification of ISPs as common carriers, and the justification behind doing so. We'll be "working out" the rules including the definition of an ISP for years to come........

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Forest Grove, OR 1 recommendation NOYB Premium Member Destroy the Internet as we Know it

Uh yeah, that's kind of the point. To destroy it as we know it, so it can be improved.



But many ISP's and network operators do not want to improve things. They just want to sit on what currently is and milk it for as much as they can for as long as they can. NOYB NOYB Premium Member Attn: CTIA

We don't like "the internet as we know it". That's why we want to "destroy the internet as we know it". Get a clue.



Can they really be that dense headed? Or are they just being disingenuous?

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