[x-pubpol] THIS LIST IS BEING REPURPOSED TO U.S. POLICY DISCUSSION

[Dave Burstein]

Siva and others.

We're improvising here on setting up the list' apologies for any confusion.
You're more than welcome to stay and contribute. It's an open list with the
sole control that it focus on U.S. issues. We certainly welcome ideas from
elsewhere. I've learned a great deal about spectrum policy for capacity
from the Africans and know the Indian chapters are far ahead of DC
understanding Net Neutrality.  I think Joly was just thinking it might be
boring for others.

Here's the call I put out:

Folks

As discussed at the North American chapter call, we're starting a new,
informal group to discuss what the chapters can do in U.S. policy. It will
have no official role and cannot bind the chapters. Each chapter should
decide for itself what actions to take.

It's open to anyone but let's keep the scope narrow: policy positions about
the U.S. (and Canada if the Canadians want to join in.)

I volunteered to get things started and I'll maintain the list, probably as
a Google group. (Better ideas welcome.) xxx Joly suggested we use the
existing but inactive group, as we are. xxx

I suggest we start with something central to bringing the Internet to
everyone in the U.S.: the new program to offer a $9.25 subsidy to the poor.
I've reported broadband since 1999 and wrote a book on DSL

I think this is a sensible proposal because it more than covers the cost to
add another customer to most networks with facilities in place, including
all the large carriers that have ~94% of U.S. broadband. Broadband networks
are a classic example of high fixed cost and low marginal cost. Once the
network is built, it costs $4-8 to add another customer. Comcast freely
offers a $10/month service for the poor and is reporting record profits. I
take that as evidence other carriers can do similar.

I'm going to propose to the New York Chapter a resolution addressing two
current issues. The House Commerce Committee is proposing a cap that
probably means a third of those eligible could not be funded. Some
companies are resisting joining. Verizon doesn't want to connect anyone for
less than ~$70/month, twice the regular price in much of Europe. I think
the FCC should not approve items like the merger of Charter and Time Warner
unless they agree to support the program. That would offer 10/1 internet to
a quarter of the nation's poor. (Sure, I'd like better but that is an
important improvement.) I'll see what the other NY members think.

Other ideas welcome. For now, just send me an email and you're on the list.

Thanks

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatednet at gmail.com>
wrote:

> US Policy, "inspires" the policy makers of the rest of the world to copy
> the US example, especially when the policy topic favors mass surveillance
> or encourages back doors. If this is an informal discussion list on US
> Policy, why do you have to invite folks from Europe, NZ and Australia (and
> India) to unsubscribe?
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 5:49 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
>
>> As proposed here:
>> https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2016-April/017264.html
>>
>> So you NZ and euro folks might want to unsub.
>>
>> I believe you can do so by emailing x-pubpol-leave at isoc-ny.org but I
>> haven't tested it.
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