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FCC ANNOUNCES TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR JUNE 17th OPEN MEETING
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski 
announced that the following item will be on the tentative agenda for the next open meeting scheduled for 
Thursday, June 17, 2010:
Framework for Broadband Internet Service NOI: A Notice of Inquiry to begin an open, public 
process to consider possible legal frameworks for broadband Internet services in order to promote 
innovation and investment, protect and empower consumers, and bring the benefits of broadband to 
all Americans.
Background: Until the recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Comcast 
Corp. v. FCC, the Commission’s approach to broadband Internet service combined minimal 
regulation with meaningful agency oversight. The Comcast opinion, however, cast serious doubt on 
prior understandings about the FCC’s ability to ensure fair competition and provide consumers with 
basic protections when they use today’s broadband Internet services. Moreover, nearly a decade has 
passed since the Commission gathered the record on which the current legal classification of 
broadband Internet service is based; Congress has recently reaffirmed the FCC’s limited-but-vital role 
with respect to broadband; and the Commission has fulfilled Congress’s mandate to develop a 
National Broadband Plan recommending specific agency actions to encourage deployment and 
adoption.
In light of these developments, the Notice asks for public comment on questions including:
i) Whether the Commission’s “information service” classification of broadband Internet service 
remains legally sound and adequate to support effective performance of the Commission’s 
responsibilities;
ii) The legal and practical consequences of classifying broadband Internet connectivity as a 
“telecommunications service” to which all the requirements of Title II of the 
Communications Act would apply; and
iii) A possible “third way” under which the Commission would reaffirm that the Internet remains 
unregulated and Internet-based information services remain generally unregulated under Title 
I of the Communications Act; identify the Internet connectivity service that is offered as part 
of wired broadband Internet service as a telecommunications service; and forbear under 
Section 10 of the Act from applying all provisions of Title II other than the small number that 
are needed to implement fundamental universal service, competition, and consumer 
protection policies.
The Notice also seeks comment on the appropriate classification of terrestrial wireless and satellite 
broadband Internet services, as well other issues.
Topics selected for FCC open meeting agendas will be posted on the Commission’s website 
approximately three weeks prior to the Commission’s next monthly meeting. The Commission will also 
issue a public notice of the “Commission Meeting Agenda” one week before the meeting and announce at 
that time the items that are scheduled for the agenda. 
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