<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">A day after FCC Commisson</div><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">er Michael O’Rielly declared that </div>"<a href="https://www.fcc.gov/document/commissioner-orielly-remarks-internet-innovation-alliance">Internet access is not a necessity or human right</a><div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline"><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/document/commissioner-orielly-remarks-internet-innovation-alliance"></a>." FCC Chair Tom Wheeler's remarks at Brookings were more favorable. Noting the many social benefits high speed Internet access brings to society, he called for expansion of programs to bring connectivity to all, including subsidies and competition. He also emphasized open networking - and it's history way back to the birth of telegraphy, a subject upon which - it turns out - he has written <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/web-sampler/9780061129803">a book</a>. If short on time skip to the <a href="https://youtu.be/qJuSDp32vjE?t=2269">post-speech chat</a> with Blair Levin.</div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u>
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joly posted: "On June 26 2015, the Brookings Institution presented Maximizing the benefits of broadband in Washington DC. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler spoke, and then sat down with Blair Levin, former Executive Director of the National Broadband Plan, for a discussion. Vid" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">On <strong>June 26 2015</strong>, the<a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.brookings.edu/" target="_blank"> Brookings Institution</a> presented <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.brookings.edu/events/2015/06/26-maximizing-benefits-broadband-wheeler" target="_blank">Maximizing the benefits of broadband</a></strong> in Washington DC. FCC Chairman <strong>Tom Wheeler</strong> spoke, and then sat down with <strong>Blair Levin</strong>, former Executive Director of the National Broadband Plan, for a discussion. Video is below.</p>
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<strong>Skip to discussion</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://youtu.be/qJuSDp32vjE?t=2269" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://youtu.be/qJuSDp32vjE?t=2269" target="_blank"></a></div><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://youtu.be/qJuSDp32vjE?t=2269" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/qJuSDp32vjE?t=2269</a><br>
<strong>Captioned version on C-SPAN</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.c-span.org/video/?326813-1/fcc-chair-tom-wheeler-broadband-policy" target="_blank">http://www.c-span.org/video/?326813-1/fcc-chair-tom-wheeler-broadband-policy</a><br>
<strong>Book Sampler - Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails</strong>:<a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.harpercollins.com/web-sampler/9780061129803" target="_blank"></a><p></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.harpercollins.com/web-sampler/9780061129803" target="_blank"></a></div><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://www.harpercollins.com/web-sampler/9780061129803" target="_blank">http://www.harpercollins.com/web-sampler/9780061129803</a><br>
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