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Gigaom: The FCC cares about peering fights, but how will it act?

  • May 27, 2014
  • The Progressive Policy Institute

On May 27th PPI hosted an event titled “Should the FCC serve as Internet Cop?”  The event consisted of a panel discussion as well as a keynote speech from Ruth Milkman, Chief of Staff to the FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. Milkman discussed the role of the FCC in relation to Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

“Ruth Milkman, Chief of Staff for FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler discussed the fights in the interconnection market today at a speech at the Progressive Policy Institute, signaling that the FCC may be ready to act on the issue of last mile ISPs such as Comcast, charging content companies like Netflix, Apple or Google for the right to directly interconnect with their networks.”

Read the full article on Gigaom’s webiste.

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