Bill > H2892

This bill establishes a special commission to examine the state of the advanced telecommunications broadband industry in Massachusetts, including fiber-to-the-premises, cable, wireless, and landline technologies. The commission's goals are to recommend a balanced approach to overseeing the interconnected telecommunications network of the future and ensure consumers, businesses, and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) have access to reliable and competitive broadband networks. The commission will review the status of competition and pricing, consumer expectations, national and international approaches to maintaining public interest principles, network reliability and interoperability, technology types and speeds, access and underserved issues, and federal broadband programs. The commission consists of various stakeholders and will file an initial report with recommendations and proposed legislation or regulations by December 31, 2020, and a final report by March 1, 2021.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2892