#ip transition

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Today, competition is thriving among telecom companies and across different types of platforms — like wireless, wireline, and cable: https://bit.ly/2JX4B1N

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Says giving select competitors the ability to influence copper retirement plans creates harmful market incentives that ultimately favor some providers over others

IIA's response to the Federal Communication Commission’s tech transitions vote today

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Missed IIA's Telecom Forum on the IPTransition and Title II regulations with FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai and friends? Watch the replay!

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Video from 5/19 IP Transition event

Missed our IP Transition event yesterday, or want to see it again? Check out the full event video on C-SPAN's website, or look out for it being broadcast on one of C-SPAN's three television networks.

The event begins with two short technical presentations, then moves on to a panel of legal and policy experts, including:

Jodie Griffin, Senior Staff Attorney, Public Knowledge

Hank Hultquist, VP of Federal Regulatory, AT&T

Berin Szoka, President, TechFreedom

Christopher Yoo, Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Law

David Young, VP of Federal Regulatory Affairs, Verizon

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IP Transition Luncheon Briefing on Monday, May 19

Click here to view our makeshift livestream on Youtube.

(Unfortunately, C-SPAN’s livestream is not functioning due to technical issues, though their recording will be available on this page later today).

Telephone companies have already begun transitioning their networks to Internet Protocol. This could save billions while improving service for consumers and promoting faster broadband, but has raised a host of policy and legal questions. How can we ensure the switch is as smooth and successful as possible? What legal authority do the FCC and other agencies have over the IP Transition and how should they use it?

Join TechFreedom on Monday, May 19, at its Capitol Hill office for a lunch event to discuss this and more with top experts from the field. Two short technical presentations will set the stage for a panel of legal and policy experts, including:

Jodie Griffin, Senior Staff Attorney, Public Knowledge

Hank Hultquist, VP of Federal Regulatory, AT&T

Berin Szoka, President, TechFreedom

Christopher Yoo, Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Law

David Young, VP of Federal Regulatory Affairs, Verizon

The panel will be livestreamed on C-SPAN. Join the conversation on Twitter with the #IPTransition hashtag.

When: Monday, May 19, 2014 11:30am - 12:00pm — Lunch and registration 12:00pm - 12:20pm — Technical presentations by AT&T and Verizon 12:20pm - 2:00 pm — Panel on legal and policy issues, audience Q&A

Where: United Methodist Building, Rooms 1 & 2 100 Maryland Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002

Questions? Email [email protected].

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It never really made sense to me why special access customers—primarily business customers—would want to (or should) be stuck with decades-old technology rather than using IP-based networks to reach their customers in new ways. But the argument of some CLECs that we need to preserve the old technologies (really, preserve the CLECs’ business models) for the benefit of special access customers is starting to fall apart. And it’s falling apart without government intervention, through the use of private, market-based agreements.

Bruce Mehlman, guest article for FierceTelecom (http://bit.ly/1shudrt)

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Event Video: Next Steps in Promoting the Values of the IP Transition

Telephone companies want to upgrade to Internet Protocol (IP), saving billions that can be invested in faster broadband service. Now that the FCC has approved AT&T proposal for trials, the discussion has shifted to what’s next. AT&T has agreed, in principle, with Public Knowledge’s proposal for five values that should guide the IP transition, but what do they really mean? And how should they be implemented?

Last week, Public Knowledge hosted a panel to discuss these questions and more, featuring top experts including TF's Berin Szoka. Watch the full video below: