Mark, Can you please explain this position, specifically the arguments against the Title II classification?
Thanks Mark ----- On Jul 6, 2017, at 9:41 PM, Mark Radabaugh [email protected] wrote: > I would prefer not to see members signing onto the EFF letter. The EFF > position > is contrary to the positions that WISPA has taken on Network Neutrality and > Title II both at the board and committee levels. > > WISPA continues to support the principals of network neutrality and an open > Internet but believe this can best be achieved without the overhead of Title > II > and the regulatory uncertainty that comes with Title II. > > > Mark Radabaugh > WISPA FCC Committee Chair > [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] > 419-261-5996 > > > > > On Jul 6, 2017, at 7:52 PM, mike.lyon--- via WISP < [ mailto:[email protected] | > [email protected] ] > wrote: > > Forwarded on from another mailing list. > > -Mike > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > From: Erica Portnoy < [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] > > Date: July 5, 2017 at 15:59:37 PDT > To: [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] > 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 | > 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 > [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] > (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 > _______________________________________________ > WISP mailing list > [ mailto:[email protected] | [email protected] ] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wisp > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
