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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: BBN Peering issues - FCC Notice of Inquiry on subject
On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Nick Lordi wrote: > http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/706/ > What can and should the Commission do to preserve efficient > peering arrangements among Internet companies, especially in the face > of consolidations of large proprietary gateways? We ask for comment > whether the Commission should monitor or have authority over > peering arrangements to assure that the public interest is served. > > But be careful, commenting could be akin to opening "Pandora's Box" ;-) In the past, comments needed to be written and snail-mailed in order to really be effective. Include a URL in the letter for the HTML version of your comments so they can post them on their website. Email comments are not taken seriously. However they do have a new electronic comment filing system at http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html and if you file a comment, not just an email, it will probably be considered as seriously as snail-mail. Note that you do *NOT* need a lawyer to file formal comments, just fill out the form carefully at http://dettifoss.fcc.gov:8080/cgi-bin/ws.exe/beta/ecfs/upload.hts and please send the comments in ASCII text form. Either browse an HTML page with Lynx and use P to generate plain ASCII or in Word Save File as Type (MS-DOS Text with Layout). It is *NOT* necessary to use a lawyer to file a formal comment. Also note that the FCC staffers are still heard to remark that they get very little input from the ISP industry and don't really know much about it or how ISPs view the situation. This means that ISPs have a chance to be heard without spending the big bucks that US Telephone Association members are spending. Go for it!!! -- Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Communications Inc. - E-mail: [email protected] Check the website for my Internet World articles - http://www.memra.com
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