Stanford FCC Hearing Recap
Hundreds of citizens and top experts came out in force in Stanford for yesterday's Federal Communications Commission hearing on Broadband Network Management Practices.
The buzz is now making its way across the Net. Find selected coverage, testimony, and video below.
- Berkman fellow Victoria Stodden watches from Cambridge:
After Comcast admitted to stuffing seatsat the FCC hearing at Harvard Law School February 24th, the FCC decided another hearing was necessary. They chose to hold it at Stanford April 17 and I’m watching the FCC’s videocast of the event, which is oddly appropriate, since the focus of the hearing is video on the internet.
After an introduction by Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer, FCC Chairman Martin explained that every ISP, excepting Lariat Networks from Lariat, Wyoming, was invited and declined to attend this hearing: Comcast, Verizon, Time/Warner, and AT&T. Comcast has stated it is working with an industry consortium on a Consumer Bill of Rights.
The hearing begins with each of the FCC commissioners making a statement, then proceeds through panels and then opens to questions...
Continued...
- Professor Lawrence Lessig presents his presented testimony. (And he and Free Press' Ben Scott write in the San Francisco Chronicle about the public's Net Neutrality fight.)
- Harold Feld posts his prepared remarks.
- Free Press live blogs the hearing here and twitters away as well.
- SaveTheInternet.com provides a roundup and aggregates statements.
- The New York Times and Wired share their perspectives, while Conde Nast Portfolio takes a pre-hearing look.
- Video and audio from the hearing can be found here and here, respectively