FCC Technical Advisory Process For Open Internet Proceeding And Announces Workshop

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: FCC’s Office Of Engineering & Technology Es tablishes Technical Advisory Process For Open Internet Proceeding 
And Announces Workshop
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:          NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
December 2, 2009                Walter Johnston: (202) 418-0807
                Email: walter.johnston () fcc gov
                Jon Peha: (202)-418-2406
                Email: jon.peha () fcc gov
                        
Federal Communications Commission’s Office Of Engineering & Technology Establishes Technical Advisory Process For Open 
Internet Proceeding And Announces Workshop

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced that the Chief of the FCC’s Office of 
Engineering & Technology (OET) has established a Technical Advisory Process to ensure that decisions in the 
Commission’s proceeding on the open Internet reflect a thorough understanding of current technology and future 
technology trends.  The process will provide an inclusive, open, and transparent forum for obtaining the best technical 
data and insights from a broad range of stakeholders, including through a public workshop on December 8, 2009 in the 
Commission meeting room.

The Technical Advisory Process was called for in the FCC’s October 22, 2009 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “In the 
Matter of Preserving the Open Internet, Broadband Industry Practices” (FCC 09-93), GN Docket No. 09-191, WN Docket 
07-52, which proposed draft rules to preserve the open Internet.  OET has now established a technical working group 
comprised of engineers and technologists from across the FCC’s bureaus and offices to receive information from 
stakeholders on the technical issues in the open Internet proceeding.  The working group will hold ex parte meetings 
with engineers and other interested parties to understand the range of views in the technical community on the issues 
presented by the open Internet rulemaking, identify any areas of common ground between stakeholders, and clarify the 
scope of key differences.  In addition, FCC engineers from the working group will be integrated into other teams within 
the Commission considering the
various issues raised in the open Internet proceeding.

The Technical Advisory Process will include a workshop on December 8, 2009 starting at 10 a.m. in the Commission 
meeting room, which will be open to the public and live streamed via the Internet.  The workshop will consist of 
tutorial presentations by experts on network management practices for various Internet access service delivery 
platforms, followed by questions from the Commission’s technical working group and members of the public.

An agenda for the workshop will be made available soon.  The workshop will be open to the public; however, admittance 
will be limited to the seating available.  Audio/video coverage of the workshop will be broadcast live with open 
captioning over the Internet from the website for this proceeding at http://www.openinternet.gov. 

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request.  Please include a description of 
the accommodation you will need.  Individuals making such requests must include their contact information should FCC 
staff need to contact them for more information.  Requests should be made as early as possible.  Please send an e-mail 
to fcc504 () fcc gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau: 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).  

For additional information about the workshop, please contact Walter Johnson at (202) 418-0807 or by email at 
walter.johnston () fcc gov, or Jon Peha at (202) 418-2406 or by email at jon.peha () fcc gov.

Parties wishing to meet with the technical working group should contact Sandra Mata at (202) 418-2470 or by e-mail at 
sandra.mata () fcc gov .

-FCC-




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