The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination
broadband · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2024-01-22 · Effective 2024-03-22 · 89 FR 4128
Document
Document number
2023-28835
Federal Register citation
89 FR 4128
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
broadband
Publication date
2024-01-22
Effective date
2024-03-22
FCC docket
GN Docket No. 22-69
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules pursuant to section 60506 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Infrastructure Act) that establish a framework to facilitate equal access to broadband internet access service by preventing digital discrimination of access. These rules address policies and practices that impede equal access to broadband, while taking into account issues of technical and economic feasibility that pose serious challenges to full achievement of the equal access objective. The rules constitute an effective, balanced means to accomplish Congress's objective of ensuring that historically unserved and underserved communities throughout the Nation have equal opportunity to receive high-speed broadband service comparable to that received by others, without discrimination as to the terms and conditions on which that service is received.