Secret Meetings Alert: More FCC, Stakeholder Talks
July 30, 2010
| 9:25 AM
Representatives from a host of telecom companies and the consumer advocacy group, Open Internet Coalition, met with FCC officials on Wednesday about potential legislation relating to open Internet principles, according to a disclosure document filed with the commission.
Among the topics discussed were the transparency of broadband Internet service performance, network management practices, the treatment of specialized services and prohibitions on blocking legal content, according to the document.
The meeting is part of on-going talks between the FCC and industry to find a compromise on Internet regulation in lieu of the FCC's proposal to reclassify some parts of broadband as a telecommunications service, which would grant the FCC more regulatory authority over broadband providers.
Individuals at the meeting included Google's Richard Whitt, Skype's Christopher Libertelli, Verizon's Thomas J. Tauke, AT&T's James W. Cicconi, NCTA's Kyle E. McSlarrow, Open Internet Coalition's Markham C. Erickson and the FCC's Edward Lazarus, Zachary Katz, Bruce Gottlieb, Paul De Sa and Doug Sicker.
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