[ISOC-CH Ann] OFCOM Net Neutrality Working Group / New mailing list on Public Policy

Bernie Hoeneisen chairman at isoc.ch
Thu Nov 28 21:31:05 CET 2013


Dear ISOC-CH Members,

Beginning in October 2013, the OFCOM (Office of Communication / Swiss
government agency) Working Group on Net Neutrality began discussions and
work toward a short paper on this topic through a consultative process.
ISOC-CH member and National Councillor Balthasar Glättli is representing
ISOC-CH in the Net Neutrality Working Group of the OFCOM in these regular
meetings.  Participants also include providers of telecommunications
services, industry associations, consumer protection associations, and
science representatives.

You can participate, also:

*All ISOC-CH Members can actively participate in this discussion by joining
the Public Policy Aspects Committee mailing list:
http://lists.isoc.ch/mailman/listinfo/ppac
<http://lists.isoc.ch/mailman/listinfo/ppac>* where all discussion on
public policy will take place. Balthasar will send occasional reports on
the topic and working group progress. Members are encouraged to express
their views on the topic and ask questions in order to inform the process
and end product (report, see below).

All public policy related discussions will take place on this list.  We
invite ISOC-CH members to subscribe to the Public Policy Aspects Committee
list: http://lists.isoc.ch/mailman/listinfo/ppac


*About the Working Group*

The objective of the working group is to exchange ideas on the subject of
the conditions of the Internet as an innovation source, from an economic
perspective, while creating a solid basis for discussion on net neutrality.

The end product will be a short (5-10 page) descriptive report from the
different positions on the subject that is objective and neutral in its
presentation.

The group will meet in a series of sessions:

   - 1 Session: Discussion of the mandate. General introduction to the
   basic conditions of discussion.
   - 2 Session: Technical explanation by and to the various participants.
   Discussion.
   - 3 Session: Narrowing down the topics of the report.
   - 4 Session: Consideration of draft report.
   - 5 Other meetings as required, planned completion of the work is summer
   2014.

NEXT MEETING: 10 December 2013


*Additional Information*

   - OFCOM (in English, French, German and Italian):
   http://www.bakom.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en
   - Balthasar Glättli's web page on IT and politics of the Internet in
   Switzerland (German): http://www.balthasar-glaettli.ch/category/it-web/
   - ISOC-CH Members can actively interact with this discussion by joining
   the Public Policy Aspects Committee mailing list:
   http://lists.isoc.ch/mailman/listinfo/ppac where all discussion on
   public policy will take place in future.
   - From ISOC-CH Member Brian Trammell, his post On Net
Neutrality<http://www.trammell.ch/2013/02/on-network-neutrality/#more-525>


All the best,

 ISOC-CH Board
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