FCC Tells More About April 17 Broadband Management Hearing

    The FCC announced an agenda—but no witnesses yet—for the public hearing on broadband management practices, April 17 at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, Calif.
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    The FCC announced an agenda—but no witnesses yet—for the public hearing on broadband management practices, April 17 at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, Calif.

    It’s the first such hearing on the net neutrality issue since Comcast announced it would no longer interfere with BitTorrent activity. The commission held also held a meeting at Harvard Law School.

    The details:

    Date:
    April 17, 2008

    Time:
    12:00 Noon (Pacific)

    Location:
    Dinkelspiel Auditorium
    471 Lagunita Drive
    Stanford University
    Palo Alto, Calif.

    Directions are here.

    Agenda
    12:00 p.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks
    12:45 p.m. Panel Discussion 1 – Network Management and Consumer Expectations
    2:15 p.m. Break
    3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion 2 – Consumer Access to Emerging Internet Technologies and Applications
    4:30 p.m. Public Comment
    6:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
    7:00 p.m. Adjournment

    Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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