Net Neutrality and the Annenberg Center Principles

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Note the date of the meeting


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> From: "Kleeman, Michael" <mkleeman () ucsd edu>
> Date: June 1, 2017 at 11:24:38 AM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <farber () gmail com>
> Subject: Net Neutrality and the Annenberg Center Principles
>
> The Federal Communications Commission recently voted, along party lines, to start reviewing -- with an eye towards 
> overturning -- a net neutrality policy put in place during President Obama’s administration. Network neutrality, 
> Internet openness or net neutrality are all terms to describe a ten-year-old policy fight. At issue: how to ensure 
> that the public Internet remains open and interconnected with fair access to lawful content for all users, while 
> insuring those firms that build and operate the public Internet are fairly compensated for their efforts. It’s an 
> issue that has amassed a following, even HBO comedian John Oliver has weighed in on the subject. And the last time it 
> was before the Federal Communications Commission, 4 million people commented.
>
> It’s the classic example of an issue that can be solved if people come together and talk about it like adults. More 
> than ten years ago, an expert group of content providers, network operators, academics, Wall Street analysts and 
> public interest groups – national names you’d recognize – actually came together at The Annenberg Center at USC to 
> discuss net neutrality.
>  
> After a polite, off-the-record discussion, over the course of a day, the so-called net neutrality “opponents” emerged 
> with a broadly-supported set of principles that could still serve as the basis for a settlement of the issue today. 
> The result of that discussion was the “Annenberg Center Principles for Network Neutrality” which are available 
> online. (1)  They represent a good way to address this issue.
>
> (1):  http://www.justicetalking.org/documents/AnnenbergCenterPrinciples_FINAL.pdf, it should be noted that the 
> network speeds recommended a decade ago in the Principles were meant to be periodically updated. 



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