The Internet Distinction

The Google/Verizon joint policy proposal for an open Internet in August made a point of differentiating between ‘broadband Internet’ and “other additional or differentiated services”. On September 1 2010 the FCC followed up by issuing a notice of further inquiry to 2009′s Open Internet NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking), asking for public comment on just how such differentiation should be defined.A group of 32 Internet veterans, co-ordinated by ISOC-NY member Seth Johnson, have come up with a detailed response that strongly urges the FCC to clearly establish the Internet as an inalienable, open, general purpose platform.

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Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of Further Inquiry into Two Under-Developed Issues in the Open Internet Proceeding Preserving the Open Internet Broadband Industry Practices

GN Docket No. 09-191 WC Docket No. 07-52

JOINT REPLY COMMENTS OF VARIOUS ADVOCATES FOR THE OPEN INTERNET

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