FCC: ISPs pledge to keep connectivity during Coronavirus Pandemic

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

Lots of press releases.  Dozens of ISPs have agreed to FCC 
Chairman Pai's "pledge" to keep connectivity for customers impacted by 
disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.



https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-363033A1.pdf

The Keep Americans Connected Pledge reads as follows:
Given the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on American society, 
[[Company Name]] pledges for the next 60 days to:

(1) not terminate service to any residential or small business customers 
because of their inability to pay their bills due to the disruptions 
caused by the coronavirus pandemic;

(2) waive any late fees that any residential or small business customers 
incur because of their economic circumstances related to the coronavirus 
pandemic; and

(3) open its Wi-Fi hotspots to any American who needs them.



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Telephone, Allstream Business US, AlticeUSA, Antietam Broadband, Atlantic 
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AT&T, BBT, BOYCOM Vision, Burlington Telecom, Cable One, Central Arkansas 
Telephone
Cooperative, CenturyLink, Charter, Cincinnati Bell, Citizens Connected, 
Comcast,
Consolidated Communications, Cox Communications, Digital West, East 
Ascension
Telephone Company, Education Networks of America, Emery Telecom, Farmers
Telecommunications Cooperative, FirstLight, Frontier, Google Fiber, Grande
Communications, Granite Telecommunications, Great Plains Communications, 
GWI,
Hiawatha Broadband, Hill Country, IdeaTek Telcom, Inteliquent, Lafourche 
Telephone
Company, Lakeland Communications, Long Lines Broadband, Mammoth 
Networks/Visionary
Broadband, Mediacom, MetTel, Nex-Tech, Ninestar Connect, Northwest Fiber, 
Orbitel
Communications, Pioneer Communications, Premier Communications, Range 
Telephone Cooperative, RCN, Reserve Telephone Company, Sacred Wind 
Communications, Shawnee
Communications, Socket Telecom, Sonic, Sprint, Starry, TDS Telecom, TelNet 
Worldwide, TMobile, TracFone Wireless, Uniti Fiber, US Cellular, Vast 
Broadband, Verizon, Vyve
Broadband Investments, Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom, Wave 
Broadband, West
Telecom Services, Windstream, and ZenFi Networks. And the trade 
associations ACA
Connects, Competitive Carriers of America, CTIA, INCOMPAS, NCTA—The 
Internet and
Television Association, NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association, USTelecom, 
and WISPA