NAF Lobbies FCC on Study Saying Wireless Should Face Net Neutrality Rules Which Bennett Slams
Staff of the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute and CTC Technology and Energy, which did a study for OTI saying imposing net neutrality rules on wireless networks won't technically hurt carriers (see 1411130052), lobbied an aide to FCC Commissioner…
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Ajit Pai on this month's report. "The study demonstrates the fallacy of wireless industry claims that adherence to strong network neutrality protections for consumers and for edge providers is not technically feasible for mobile carrier networks," said an OTI ex parte filing posted Tuesday in docket 14-28. "Contrary to the claims of mobile carriers, the study demonstrates that LTE technology has the capability now to manage even situations of severe network congestion by treating like applications alike, without favoring carrier-sponsored or carrier-affiliated applications, content or services." An industry expert who has had concerns about Title II Communications Act reclassification of broadband service said CTC's report had technical problems. "It assumes essentially static conditions on the wireless network, and is completely devoid of a mechanism to provide feedback to the application as things change," wrote systems consultant Richard Bennett on Hightechforum.org's blog Tuesday. "Most mobile networks are moderately congested for hours at a time."