Brendan Carr says the the proposal would have raised internet prices for apartments tenants. But the old FCC chair argued the opposite and said bulk billing arrangements risked unwanted costs.

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said Monday the agency will drop a proposed Biden administration plan to ban broadband internet "bulk billing" for residents of apartments, condominiums and public housing.

Trump’s FCC head says reducing competition will lower prices.

During the Biden-Harris Administration, FCC leadership put forward a ‘bulk billing’ proposal that could have raised the price of Internet service for Americans living in ap

A Federal Communications Commission rule proposed in March 2024 to ban so-called bulk billing deals between multifamily owners and communications service providers has been dropped by the new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, along with another still under consideration from the FCC’s Items on Circulation list.

WASHINGTON--Today, the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), the National Apartment Association (NAA) and the Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center (RETTC) applauded Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for withdrawing a recent proposal to restrict high-speed internet bulk-billing agreements.

Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr said Monday the agency will drop a proposed Biden administration plan to ban broadband internet “bulk billing” for residents of apartments, condominiums and public housing.