Another round of net neutrality talks is under way, this time...
Another round of net neutrality talks is under way, this time sponsored by the Information Technology Industry Council. The talks feature some industry companies that did not figure in the recently collapsed round of negotiations at the FCC, including Cisco…
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and Microsoft, as well as such key players in the commission discussions as Verizon, AT&T, NCTA and Skype, industry sources said. The Open Internet Coalition and Google have not participated so far. “Any negotiations over a solution to net neutrality that do not involve representatives of the Internet users and innovators who will be the future Googles and Amazons and Dells will and should be unsuccessful,” said Andrew Schwartzman, senior vice president of the Media Access project. It doesn’t appear that many groups favoring net neutrality have joined the talks yet, an industry executive said. The groups seem to be discussing amongst themselves whether to sign on, said the official whose company favors net neutrality. “While we're not involved in these new discussions, we're glad that there is ongoing dialogue,” said FCC spokeswoman Jen Howard.