Video of FCC Hearing at Stanford
April 18, 2008 | 3 Comments
Yesterday all five FCC Commissioners came to Stanford and listened to seven hours of testimony about network neutrality, including two hours of comments from members of the public. The focus was on Comcast and how they allegedly block some P2P traffic (I say allegedly because they still refuse to say exactly what they were doing). Sadly, Comcast refused to show up, as did every other network operator invited, except for Brett Glass from Lariat, a small ISP in Laramie, Wyoming.
I was invited to speak because more and more people in the US are using their cell phones to access the Internet. If you are worried about your ISP blocking BitTorrent in the US, or the BBC’s iPlayer in the UK, you should be thinking about how your wireless company controls your phone. My testimony is above, courtesy of VON TV who recorded the entire event. Lawrence Lessig’s presentation in particular was excellent.
Posted by: Jason
Categories: Public Policy, Featured
3 Responses to “Video of FCC Hearing at Stanford”
Mark Donovan on April 20th, 2008 4:59 am
Well done, Jason. You’re a natural in this setting and you better be careful or you’re going to end up running for office . . .
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