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<P><FONT SIZE=2>There is a 3rd FCC transition team leader, Dale Hatfield. Dale is ex-FCC chief technologist, UC Boulder prof emeritus and veteran good guy.<BR>
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I could say I told ya so that nothing would happen with Martin's proposal. But instead I will say to Parminder, point taken, a variety of approaches for open Internet access,worldwide should be encouraged and explored. <BR>
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Lee<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy [<A HREF="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com">mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com</A>]<BR>
Sent: Mon 12/15/2008 8:47 AM<BR>
To: governance@lists.cpsr.org; Ralf Bendrath<BR>
Subject: Re: [governance] Free Web Plan Being Pushed by FCC Head<BR>
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Hello All,<BR>
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The new US Administration is likely to have the an FCC that might think at<BR>
least a bit differently about censorship, tiered Internet and on other<BR>
related central issues of concerns to the Internet users.<BR>
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The Obama FCC transition team is led by Susan Crawford of One Web Day<BR>
<<A HREF="http://www.onewebday.org">http://www.onewebday.org</A>>and Kevin Warbach of the Supernova group and there<BR>
is nothing to indicate that these two leaders would bring in a new team that<BR>
is insensitive to users.<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.circleid.com/posts/susan_crawford_kevin_werbach_obama_fcc_review_team_leads/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/susan_crawford_kevin_werbach_obama_fcc_review_team_leads/</A><BR>
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We don't have to be very concerned about the plan proposed by the outgoing<BR>
FCC chief especially after reading the news item by Rauf Bendrath. These are<BR>
changing times and lets wait and watch...<BR>
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Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<BR>
India.<BR>
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Ralf Bendrath<BR>
<bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de>wrote:<BR>
<BR>
> Milton L Mueller schrieb:<BR>
> > And PLEASE note that this is a CENSORED internet, which is precisely<BR>
> > what some of us fear will be the price of government-provided "internet<BR>
> > for all."<BR>
><BR>
> >> Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is<BR>
> >> pushing for action in December on a plan to offer free, pornography-free<BR>
> >> wireless Internet service to all Americans, despite objections from the<BR>
> >> wireless industry and some consumer groups.<BR>
><BR>
> The plan seems to be dead, at least for the moment:<BR>
><BR>
> <<A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122911167960602397.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122911167960602397.html</A>><BR>
><BR>
> DECEMBER 12, 2008, 11:48 P.M. ET<BR>
><BR>
> FCC Head Cancels Vote on Free Internet Plan<BR>
><BR>
> By FAWN JOHNSON<BR>
><BR>
> WASHINGTON -- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin on<BR>
> Friday evening canceled next week's meeting at which the commission was<BR>
> scheduled to vote on a free Internet plan, after receiving a letter from<BR>
> key U.S. lawmakers asking him to hold off.<BR>
><BR>
> Sen. John Rockefeller, (D-W.Va.), and Rep. Henry Waxman, (D-Calif.), who<BR>
> will chair the Senate and House committees overseeing the FCC next year,<BR>
> earlier Friday sent a letter to Mr. Martin asking him to cease actions on<BR>
> controversial policy proposals.<BR>
><BR>
> (...)<BR>
><BR>
> "We received the letter from Senator Rockefeller and Congressman Waxman<BR>
> today and spoke with other offices," said FCC Spokesman Robert Kenny. "In<BR>
> light of the letter, it does not appear that there is consensus to move<BR>
> forward and the agenda meeting has been canceled."<BR>
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