As many of you likely already know, yesterday the
House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on
Internet prioritization. During that hearing, BITAG’s 2015 report on
differentiated treatment of Internet traffic was entered into the record (http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF16/20180417/108168/HHRG-115-IF16-20180417-SD103-U103.pdf). The BITAG report touches upon many different aspects of how Internet traffic can receive differential treatment, and gives a set of observations and best practice recommendations.
Now I do not want to weigh in to, or comment on,
the substantive policy discussion that took place during yesterday’s hearing — as
that is not BITAG’s remit nor expertise — but I do want to highlight how BITAG
was first started in order to inject good consensus technical information into
these related policy debates. Here, I am glad that our reports look to be
continuing to help policymakers in this regard.
BITAG is working hard to provide more
of the same moving forward, and I can only encourage regulators, policymakers,
and the public to make further use of our technical reports.
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