Net Neutrality Hearing - NYC Council Tech Committee

[Sam Wong (NYCC)]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 10, 2009
***MEDIA ALERT***

Contact : Kunal Malhotra
(212) 788-6975

COUNCIL TECH COMMITTEE HEARING:
OPEN THE INTERNET
Committee Aims to Review Current Net Neutrality Rules

CITY HALL, NEW YORK - On Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10 a.m. in the
Committee Room of City Hall, the New York City Council Committee on
Technology in Government will hold a public hearing regarding the
Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) six principles of Net
Neutrality. This hearing seeks to gain insight into these principles,
which the FCC seeks to codify. The November 20 hearing will assess
whether the Net Neutrality principles as articulated would effectively
obtain the goal of maintaining a free and open Internet. Also, the
hearing serves as an opportunity to examine pending Resolution
712A-2007, which asks the FCC and Congress to set firm Net Neutrality
regulations. You can view the resolution at http://bit.ly/netneutralityreso.

The FCC announced the six principles – made up of four previous rules
from 2005 and two new ones articulating regulation around network
transparency and nondiscrimination – in late October 2009. The
FCC made a request for public comment on this matter and the Committee
on Technology in Government will draw from the hearing's testimonies
to draft a letter that includes citywide input.

We encourage you to distribute this message widely. Furthermore,
please suggest witnesses or individuals to whom we should reach out.

You can follow us on www.twitter.com/nycctechcomm and use the hashtag
#reso712A.

If you want to attend and/or testify at this hearing, please contact
Kunal Malhotra, Legislative and Budget Director, at
kmal...@council.nyc.gov or Samuel Wong, Legislative Aide on
Technology, at samwon...@gmail.com. Both are reachable at our City
Hall Office at (212) 788-6975.