Sentences with phrase «classified as carriers»

This is because under existing legislation, utilities are not classified as carriers or service providers even though they may qualify as such.

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After Verizon beat the FCC in court in 2014, then - FCC chair Tom Wheeler turned to Title II of the 1934 Communications Act to achieve his goal of mandating net neutrality (the court had said that, without broadband providers being classified as common carriers, the FCC did not have the authority to force them to maintain an open internet).

That section regulates ISPs under rules that do not classify them as common carriers.

At issue are current rules that classify internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon as public utility - like «common carriers» under Title II of the Communications Act.

Under the framework, Internet service providers would be classified as an information service for consumers but a common carrier service for websites and content sites.

In a blow to independent contractors for transportation companies seeking to be classified as employees of the firms they work with, a federal district judge in Massachusetts ruled the state's independent - contractor law failed to override a 1994 federal statute pre-empting state regulation of a motor carrier's rates, routes and services.

One California regulator believes Uber should be classified as a charter - party carrier — the same type of transportation as limousines and tour...

The image above is perhaps the carrier that many doctors imagine and classify as unsafe or harmful.

The D.C. Circuit court ruled in favor of Verizon because of how the FCC had originally classified broadband providers of high - speed Internet as being exempt from «common carrier» regulations.

While these dry oils are still classified as traditional carrier oils, they won't leave a sticky feeling on the surface of your skin.

«As a result, online businesses — from insurance carriers, rental sites and classifieds to dating sites and beauty vendors — must be able to validate shared photos in order to stem the lost revenue bred from fraud and consumer mistrust.»

The test classifies dogs as affected, carrier or normal, based on their genotype at the CH locus.

The hull of a carrier isn't classified as one of the components, but it too can be damaged, a harder proposition given that it has over 50 % more hitpoints than any other part of the ship.

In California, buses are classified as common carriers.

The following modes of transportation are classified as common carrier: school buses, taxis, tour boats, ships, ferries, airport shuttles, metrolink trains, and airplanes.

The FCC has alleged that it may classify ISPs as «common carriers», and that having done that, under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 allows them to restrict the operations of ISPs (because the commission can «establish and provide facilities and regulations for operating such through routes»).

I will not be classifying these 6 companies in any specific order as to what carrier I think is best.

Car insurance carriers will classify you as a high - risk driver and charge much higher rates.

This means a life insurance carrier will consider Chantix to be like other nicotine products, and you'll be classified as a smoker.

Regardless of whether you're classified as a resident or non-resident, if you aren't a naturalized US citizen, there are a few pieces of additional paperwork that carriers require in order to issue a policy.

For example, some carriers would classify recreational marijuana use as «tobacco use» and would only offer tobacco ratings to the applicant, while another company may offer preferred non-tobacco rates as long as the use is minimal.

For many carriers, if you have smoked cigarettes within the last 12 months, you will be classified as tobacco.

For some carriers, if you have smoked cigarettes within the last 2 years, you will be classified as tobacco.

For insurance companies, travel to less common locales can be risky, and if your destination is known to be dangerous, your carrier will classify your travel there as high - risk behavior.

The problem is, many insurance brokers and carriers will automatically assume that anyone that had a stent placed should immediately be classified as a «Sub-Standard or High Risk» rate class.

As a result, online businesses — from insurance carriers, rental sites and classifieds to dating sites and beauty vendors — must be able to validate shared photos in order to stem the lost revenue bred from fraud and consumer mistrust.