Forwarded on from another mailing list. -Mike
Begin forwarded message: > From: Erica Portnoy <er...@eff.org> > Date: July 5, 2017 at 15:59:37 PDT > To: na...@nanog.org > Subject: Sign onto EFF's comment to the FCC on their net neutrality proposal > > Dear colleagues, > > As many of you know, the FCC is currently engaging in the process of > repealing its network neutrality rules and eliminating its Title II > authority over broadband providers. > > I'm writing you today to ask you to sign on to a letter that EFF has > prepared for filing, which explains several key engineering concepts > that are vital to understanding how the Internet actually operates given > that the FCC's own findings misinterpret how the Internet works. > > The letter stays away from legal arguments, and instead focuses on > technical statements on the design and operation of the Internet. It is > meant to establish a factual record for the FCC about the Internet and > it is necessary because its initial findings in its Notice of Proposed > Rulemaking > <https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-344614A1.pdf> are > just wrong. For one, the FCC thinks that broadband Internet providers > are the ones providing end users with the services of the entire > Internet, from search engines to online newspapers to language > translation tools. > > /*If you're willing to sign on and help, please email > engineers-nn-comme...@eff.org (off-list) by Friday, July 14 */and I will > be happy to share a copy of the letter for you to review before you > agree to sign on. > > The more signatures we can get, the more likely the FCC is to take > notice as well as the courts should they move forward. All it takes is > an email. Please help us make sure the FCC gets the facts from an > engineer's standpoint. > > Thank you for your support, > > Erica Portnoy > Staff Technologist > Electronic Frontier Foundation
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