Live —- From the FCC Net Neutrality Hearing
It’s surprisingly uncrowded. The Raging Grannies are here along with a few other side shows.
Just talked with John Markoff from the NYTimes as well as the SFChronicle reporter and a couple of panelists
Dean of Stanford Law School
It is interesting that the FCC invited Comcast, Verizon, and Pando networks to appear at the session and they all declined. To me that means that they oppose neutrality in spite of any PR to the contrary.
Larry Lessig is speaking. Ah now we have content. You won’t be surprised to learn that his Power Point is another of his trademarked turbo-text presentations.
Larry’s message is simple. Don’t let the providers change the network unless they can prove it will harm no one. The FCC has failed in its policy. They have let Comcast and others change the network to the damage of the consumer. — extreme laughter from audience and squirming from the table of FCC technotards!
As it turns out the ENTIRE FCC commission is here. Rather than a fuzzy photo from me you can see their website photo.
Jason Devitt CEO, Skydeck
Gave a wonderfully cogent argument for the need for neutrality on wireless networks as well. The comparison be the openness of your laptop and cellphone are laughable. He predicts that when laptops have 3G modems built it will become common practice to be harassed on setup to signup with a cell provider for 3G. Why? Because the commision on a new signup will exceed the profit on the manufacturing of the laptop.