Comments of the New America Foundation Regarding Preserving the Open Internet

  • and Andrew Afflerbach, CEO and Director of Engineering; and Matthew DeHaven, Principal Engineer, Columbia Telecommunications Corporation
January 13, 2010 |

The New America Foundation, Columbia Telecommunications Corporation and the other public interest organizations listed above (collectively “Public Interest Commenters” or “PIC”) respectfully submit these comments and the attached technical report (Appendix A) in response to the Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”) in the above-captioned docket. The attached report, entitled “Any Device and Any Application on Wireless Networks: A Technical Strategy for Evolution,” was prepared by a team of engineers at Columbia Telecommunications Corporation (CTC) at the request of the New America Foundation. It provides a technical overview and recommendations concerning the feasibility and implementation of the Commission’s proposed codification of the open Internet principles as applied to commercial wireless networks.

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