Internet Order - FCC regulations

Internet Order – a regulator’s read of the FCC’s recent Open Internet Order, and related regulatory proceedings. "Chris Witteman is a senior litigation attorney for the California Public Utilities Commission. His talk will focus on the FCC's February 26, 2015 Open Internet Order, and provide a digestible overview of the Order's 400 pages, and what it might mean in practice for consumers, competitive carriers, and content and service providers. The talk will focus on the “No throttling,” “No paid prioritization,” and “No unreasonable interference” regulations adopted by the FCC, and how the FCC is likely (or not) to interpret and enforce those regulations. Attention will be paid to interconnection, transit, and peering issues that many believe are integral to ensuring an open Internet: how will the FCC monitor and approach those issues under the Order, and how might they do so in the future?" - See more at: https://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog64/agenda#sthash.jjudtWT6.dpuf

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Interesting take on recent FCC thrashing on trying to figure out  Internet rules for data carriage, how badly they screwed up in 2005, and how they appear to be recovering with the new rules on open Internet.

"Paid prioritization is a business decision and cannot be allowed. Not regarded as network management." Cannot interfere with consumer's access to lawful content. However, FCC did not get involved in details of peering, and defer to a "reasonableness" interpretation (full employment for lawyers) and best practices and tech standards (involves NANOG and BCPs).