<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222;font-size:small">That both houses of Congress held hearings on this draft bill on the same day would appear indicative of some recognition of a) the massive public concern, as exemplified by the millions of responses to the FCC, b) a deal of lobbying pressure, and c) the promise that whatever the FCC comes up with will be, again, litigated to a standstill.</span> Both Committee chairs expressed skepticism that a 1934 statute tailored to the telephone could be adapted as a successful solution, or that "FCC 3" majority was a sufficiently representative body to make such decisions. It was gleefully pointed out that this bill (see <a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/files/images/20150121CT.png">infographic</a>) goes further than the FCC's earlier rules, and Obama's recent proposal, while sidestepping legal entanglement. However, these same qualities which, in effect, hamstring the FCC and curb its ability to regulate with agility, are by no means considered desirable by all stakeholders. The issue of "specialized services" is still vague. Neither, in the opinions of some, does the bill adequately address universal service and competition. Potentially Obama could veto the bill even if it is passed. One thing that did arise from the hearings was a <a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/press-release/upton-thune-and-walden-call-transparency-fcc-urge-public-release-open-internet-order">bicameral demand</a> that the FCC make its own process transparent.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Altogether this is almost 6 hours of testimony! For convenience and accessibility ISOC-NY has ported both videos to YouTube. A speaker index can be found in the descriptions there, and one can set the video to play at double speed. Members are encouraged to comment via the link below.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;background:#ddd;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666;text-align:center;margin:0;padding:0"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, and the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held consecutive hearings “Protecting t" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;background-color:#fff;text-align:left;min-width:320px;margin:0 auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%;background-color:#43a4d0;height:8px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;color:#08c;font-size:1.6em;background-color:#efefef;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;margin:0;padding:0" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><h2 style="font-size:16px!important;line-height:1;font-weight:400;color:#464646;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;padding:0"> </h2></td><td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">On <strong>Wednesday, January 21, 2015</strong> the <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/protecting-the-internet-and-consumers-through-congressional-action"><strong>U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology</strong></a>, and the <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Hearings&ContentRecord_id=7ba9cc4e-3cd8-44dd-bb84-fed5f6309ab2"><strong>U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation</strong></a> held consecutive hearings “<strong>Protecting the Internet and Consumers through Congressional Action</strong>”. The hearings discussed a <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF16/20150121/102832/BILLS-114pih-NetNeutrality.pdf">draft bill</a></strong> that would pre-empt the FCC's revised <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.fcc.gov/document/protecting-and-promoting-open-internet-nprm"><strong>Open Internet ruling</strong></a>, expected in February 2015, specifically:</p><blockquote style="font-family:Times,serif;font-size:1.1em;font-style:italic;color:#878787;border-left:3px solid #ccc;padding-left:1em;margin:1em 1em 1em 2em"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure Internet openness, to prohibit blocking lawful content and non-harmful devices, to prohibit throttling data, to prohibit paid prioritization, to require transparency of network management practices, to provide that broadband shall be considered to be an information service, and to prohibit the Commission or a State commission from relying on section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as a grant of authority.</p></blockquote><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">Video is below. Speaker indexes are available in the YouTube descriptions.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>HOUSE HEARING:</strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a class="playable" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP_dxvXzVwI?rel=0"><img style="margin-bottom: 12px;" src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/uP_dxvXzVwI/0.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>View on Youtube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://youtu.be/uP_dxvXzVwI">http://youtu.be/uP_dxvXzVwI</a><br> <strong>Transcribe on AMARA</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.amara.org/en/videos/21PwAWRTWXm0/">http://www.amara.org/en/videos/21PwAWRTWXm0/</a><br> <strong>Witnesses</strong>: <strong>Michael Powell</strong> - President and CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association; <strong>Chad Dickerson</strong> - CEO, Etsy; <strong>Paul Misener</strong> - Vice President of Global Public Policy, Amazon Inc; <strong>Jessica Gonzalez</strong> - Executive Vice President and General Counsel, National Hispanic Media Coalition; <strong>Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee</strong> - Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer, Minority Media & Telecom Council; M<strong>eredith Atwell Baker</strong>, President and CEO, CTIA-The Wireless Association</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>SENATE HEARING:</strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a class="playable" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vefwMem49KM?rel=0"><img style="margin-bottom: 12px;" src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/vefwMem49KM/0.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>View on Youtube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://youtu.be/vefwMem49KM">http://youtu.be/vefwMem49KM</a><br> <strong>Transcribe on AMARA</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.amara.org/en/videos/DwK4KMPgaQWf/">http://www.amara.org/en/videos/DwK4KMPgaQWf/</a><br> <strong>Witnesses</strong>: <strong>Meredith Attwell Baker</strong> - President and CEO, CTIA-The Wireless Association; <strong>Gene Kimmelman</strong> - President and CEO, Public Knowledge; <strong>Robert McDowell</strong> - Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; <strong>Paul Misener</strong> - Vice President, Global Public Policy, Amazon Inc.; <strong>Tom Simmons</strong> - Senior Vice President of Public Policy, Midcontinent Communications; <strong>Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee</strong> - Vice President & Chief Research and Policy Officer, Minority Media & Telecommunications Council</p></div><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#666;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;width:auto;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:0em;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-left:0"> </p><table style="width:auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:#fff;border-radius:10em;border:1px solid #11729e;background-color:#2585b2;padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:no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