IP: Wall St. Jrnl - FCC Names Internet Expert As Its New Chief Technologist

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 09:01:59 -0500
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: Nick Lordi <nlordi () telcordia com>
>
>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Congratulations.  The attached was on the front page of the Wall St Jrnl's 
> Tech Section of
> their interactive edition.  Also had a nice caricature of you.
>
> Nick
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> Wall Street Journal Interactive, January 4, 2000
>
> Tech Center
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> FCC Names Internet Expert As Its New Chief Technologist
>
> By KATHY CHEN
> Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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> WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission named David Farber, an 
> expert on telecommunications and the Internet, as its chief technologist.
>
> A professor of telecommunication systems at the University of Pennsylvania 
> in Philadelphia, Mr. Farber, 65 years old, will be responsible for 
> analyzing the strategic interplay of technology and policy for the FCC. 
> Key issues he likely will face during his planned 18-month term include 
> how radio spectrum can be better utilized to provide high-speed Internet 
> access and how to address Internet-technology convergence and 
> broadband-access issues.
>
> A member and trustee of the Internet Society, an informal policy-making 
> body for the Internet based in Reston, Va., Mr. Farber is seen as favoring 
> industry self-governance and a hands-off government approach, a view 
> shared by FCC officials.
>
> Although he never studied for a doctorate in computer sciences -- he 
> received an undergraduate engineering degree from Stevens Technical 
> Institute in Hoboken, N.J. -- he has four decades of experience in the 
> technology field. He helped develop the first electronic telephone 
> switches for Bell Telephone Laboratories, which provided him with a 
> two-year master's equivalency program in computing, in the 1960s. He 
> pioneered work on networked-computing systems at the University of 
> California at Irvine in the 1970s. At Pennsylvania, he has been leading 
> research in ultra-high-speed networking.
>
> As well as helping build the Internet, Mr. Farber also has used it to 
> shape himself as a sort of modern media man. One of his best-known 
> accomplishments is his "Interesting People" mailing list, which he started 
> more than a decade ago when he began forwarding articles on the technology 
> industry to close friends. Today, the list includes more than 25,000 
> subscribers. He also sponsors his own home page, a compilation of his 
> accomplishments, his thoughts and even his favorite place to vacation.
> .....



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