§ 8.2   Definitions.

   (a) Broadband Internet access service. A mass-market retail service by
   wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to and
   receive data from all or substantially all Internet endpoints,
   including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the
   operation of the communications service, but excluding dial-up Internet
   access service. This term also encompasses any service that the
   Commission finds to be providing a functional equivalent of the service
   described in the previous sentence, or that is used to evade the
   protections set forth in this part.

   (b) Edge provider. Any individual or entity that provides any content,
   application, or service over the Internet, and any individual or entity
   that provides a device used for accessing any content, application, or
   service over the Internet.

   (c) End user. Any individual or entity that uses a broadband Internet
   access service.

   (d) Fixed broadband Internet access service. A broadband Internet
   access service that serves end users primarily at fixed endpoints using
   stationary equipment. Fixed broadband Internet access service includes
   fixed wireless services (including fixed unlicensed wireless services),
   and fixed satellite services.

   (e) Mobile broadband Internet access service. A broadband Internet
   access service that serves end users primarily using mobile stations.

   (f) Reasonable network management. A network management practice is a
   practice that has a primarily technical network management
   justification, but does not include other business practices. A network
   management practice is reasonable if it is primarily used for and
   tailored to achieving a legitimate network management purpose, taking
   into account the particular network architecture and technology of the
   broadband Internet access service.

   [ 80 FR 19847 , Apr. 13, 2015]

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