Open Internet Forum With the Council Tech Committee - To Review Contentious National Net Neutrality Rules

[Sam Wong]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 19, 2009

***MEDIA ALERT***

Open Internet Forum With The Council Tech Committee
Committee Aims to Review Contentious National Net Neutrality Rules

Who: Council Committee on Technology in Government, Technology
Community, Entrepreneurs, Developers, Telecoms, Academia, Non-Profits,
Advocacy Groups

When: Friday, November 20, 2009, 10 AM

What: Public Hearing on Net Neutrality Rules

Where: City Hall, Council Chambers, New York, NY 10007
(The Hearing will be webcasted through www.livestream.com/nycctechcomm
and tweeted on www.twitter.com/nycctechcomm. More details below.)

Directions: R, W to City Hall; 4, 5, 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall;
2, 3 to Park Place; J, M, Z to Chambers Street. You can enter at
either the Broadway/Murray St. or Park Row entrances.

CITY HALL, NY - On Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10 AM in the Council
Chambers 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. Friday’s 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.

The Committee on Technology in Government will be live twittering and
webcasting this entire public hearing.

* You can follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/nycctechcomm and
use the tag #reso712A and #netneutrality if you have any comments,
suggestions, and questions during the hearing. Wireless Internet is
available to attendees to tweet this hearing.
* If you are unable to attend the hearing, you can view the live
webcast at www.livestream.com/nycctechcomm. You may also use the chat
function available on the site for comments, questions and
suggestions.

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.


Many individuals have been invited to attend. Some of those we are
expecting are:

Arts+Labs
Harmony Institute
One Blue Brick
Brooklyn Law School
McDonough School of Business Center for Business and Public Policy,
Georgetown University
Open Government Foundation
blip.tv
Media and Democracy Coalition
Open Internet Coalition
Common Cause
National Cable and Telecommunications Association
Open Video Alliance
drop.io
NYU Stern School of Business
People’s Production House
Entertainment Consumers Association
New America Foundation
Public Knowledge
Eyebeam
NY Community Media Alliance
Songwriters Guild of America
Fordham University, Graduate School of Business
New York Law School, Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute
Union Square Ventures
Free Press
NYS Telecommunications
Writers Guild of America - Northeast
Future of Music Coalition

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