ITI Poised To Enter Net Neutrality War
The Information Technology Industry Council, which sat on the sidelines three years ago as the network neutrality battle raged on Capitol Hill, is poised to enter the fray as the FCC begins to take up the issue. The trade group that represents Apple, Cisco, Dell, eBay, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel and other high-tech firms plans to meet with all of its members next week and officials anticipate a vote in favor of ITI getting engaged in the debate. It is unclear how the vote will turn out or what the vote will be on since details of the FCC's notice of proposed rulemaking won't be revealed until Thursday.
A paper released this week by Information Technology and Innovation Foundation President Robert Atkinson that shows some in the tech community have serious concerns about the direction that the FCC is headed could be an indicator of how ITI weighs in. ITI and ITIF are co-located and ITI helped found ITIF four years ago. Atkinson's three page memo (PDF) states that regardless of how the FCC votes, making the right decision on net neutrality depends on careful and reasoned analysis. He lays out 10 key questions he believes are critical to answer accurately before any regulatory decisions are made.
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