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Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:28 PM<br>Subject: [report-release-list] Berkman Center broadband study for FCC available for public comment<br>To: <a href="mailto:report-release-and-press-list@eon.law.harvard.edu">report-release-and-press-list@eon.law.harvard.edu</a><br>
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Good afternoon,<br>
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The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce
that the draft of its independent review for the FCC --<br>
<i>Next Generation Connectivity: A review of broadband Internet
transitions and policy from around the world</i><br>
-- has been posted for public comment at <b><a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?document=293955" target="_blank">http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?document=293955</a></b>
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We invite everyone to read the draft and participate in the public
comment process; from the FCC's public notice:<br>
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On July 14, the Commission announced in a press release that Harvard
University’s Berkman <br>
Center for Internet and Society would conduct an expert review of
existing literature and studies about <br>
broadband deployment and usage throughout the world to inform the
Commission’s development of a <br>
National Broadband Plan.
[<a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?document=291986" target="_blank">http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?document=291986</a>]<br>
A draft of the study has now been completed. The Commission is seeking
public comment on the <br>
study, and has posted the draft for public review at the following
Internet address: <br>
<b><a href="http://www.fcc.gov/stage/pdf/Berkman_Center_Broadband_Study_13Oct09.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.fcc.gov/stage/pdf/Berkman_Center_Broadband_Study_13Oct09.pdf</a></b>
. Specifically, the <br>
Commission seeks comment on the following:<br>
1. Does the study accomplish its intended purposes? <br>
2. Does the study provide a complete and objective survey of the
subject matter? <br>
3. How accurately and comprehensively does the study summarize the
broadband experiences of <br>
other countries?<br>
4. How much weight should the Commission give to this study as it
develops a National Broadband <br>
Plan? <br>
5. Are additional studies needed along the lines of the Berkman study?<br>
6. Please provide any other comments on the Berkman study that you deem
relevant. <br>
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For the full public notice, with directions on how to comment, see
<a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?document=293955" target="_blank">http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/index.do?document=293955</a>
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This report represents the outcome of a substantial and engaged team
effort, most extensively by Berkman Center researchers, with many
contributions from others elsewhere at Harvard and in other
institutions and centers around the world. The team was led by Yochai
Benkler, the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for
Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School and a faculty
co-director of the Berkman Center. The Ford Foundation and the John D.
and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation generously supported the Berkman
Center's work on this report.<br>
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In the coming weeks, Professor Benkler and the Berkman Center team will
be reading feedback, incorporating what they can, and submitting a
final draft to the FCC.<br>
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Reuters has published a short story about the report at
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59E16J20091015" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE59E16J20091015</a> .<br>
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Congratulations and thanks to everyone who contributed to this
important research.<br>
<br>
Seth Young<br>
Communications<br>
Berkman Center for Internet & Society<br>
Harvard University<br>
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