<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div class="gmail_default">Again with corrected subject!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Great parthian shot from TW. He points out that, under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Procedure_Act_(United_States)">Administrative Procedure Act</a>, his successors will actually have to prove harm to overturn the Open Internet Order. Since investment, competition etc is up, not going to be so easy.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u><div class="gmail-m_-6279338284438023229subscription-body-tag"><table style="width:100%;background-color:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none"> joly posted: "On Friday Jan 13 2017 outgoing FCC Chair Tom Wheeler gave his final public address in the post - Communications at a Crossroads: Charting the Course Forward - at the Aspen Institute in Washington DC. He noted the many achievements during his term, includi" </span><table class="gmail-m_-6279338284438023229subscribe-body" style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table class="gmail-m_-6279338284438023229subscribe-wrapper" style="width:100%;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_-6279338284438023229the-post" valign="top"><div class="gmail-m_-6279338284438023229post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org"><img class="gmail-m_-6279338284438023229size-full gmail-m_-6279338284438023229wp-image-8907" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/aspen.png" alt="aspen institute" border="0"></a>On <strong>Friday Jan 13 2017</strong> outgoing FCC Chair <strong>Tom Wheeler</strong> gave his final public address in the post - <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/fcc-chairman-tom-wheelers-final-public-address/">Communications at a Crossroads: Charting the Course Forward</a></strong> - at the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/">Aspen Institute</a></strong> in Washington DC. He noted the many achievements during his term, including the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_Open_Internet_Order_2010">Open Internet Order</a></strong>. He spoke passionately and forcefully about the importance of strong net neutrality rules to preserve the Open Internet as a platform for free expression and innovation, suggesting that the rules are working well, and that, historically, such constraints were always required on dominant networks. He also emphasized the vital civic role the FCC has to play in protecting privacy and security of US communications. See below:</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>View on YouTube</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://youtu.be/XMHvD2xSyzE">https://youtu.be/XMHvD2xSyzE</a><br> <strong>Transcript</strong>: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.fcc.gov/document/remarks-chairman-wheeler-aspen-institute-washington-dc">https://www.fcc.gov/document/remarks-chairman-wheeler-aspen-institute-washington-dc</a></p><ul style="margin:0px 0px 1em 1em;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><li style="margin-left:1em;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif">1/13/17 Klint Finley - <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://www.wired.com/2017/01/outgoing-fcc-chairman-tom-wheeler-net-neutralitys-not-dead/">Outgoing FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: Net Neutrality’s Not Dead</a> (Wired)</li></ul></div><p class="gmail-m_-6279338284438023229subscribe-action-links" style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:#666666;padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto">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