Bill > H128

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 goal is to recommend a balanced approach to overseeing the interconnected telecommunications network and ensure that Massachusetts consumers, both residents and businesses, as well as 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 core public interest principles and robust communications capabilities, network reliability and interoperability, technology types and speeds, access and underservice issues, and federal broadband programs. The commission consists of various stakeholders, including government representatives, industry groups, and academic experts, and is required to submit an initial report by December 31, 2022, and a final report by March 1, 2023.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H128