Seven groups and companies seeking net neutrality rules met Monday at...

of the Open Internet Coalition, said the coalition was represented by its executive director, Markham Erickson. Erickson didn’t reply to a message seeking comment. Also there, Schwartzman said, were Gigi Sohn of Public Knowledge, Jeff Blum of Sling, Joel Kelsey of Free Press, Parul Desai of Consumers Union, Leslie Harris of the Center for Democracy & Technology and Chris Libertelli of Skype. The groups said the FCC should reclassify broadband as a Title II service. NCTA confirmed that it, AT&T and Verizon were represented at a meeting with Lazarus earlier Monday (CD Nov 23 p1) . They discussed issues including nondiscrimination and reasonable network management and their application to wireless, a filing posted Tuesday to docket 09-191 said. AT&T Senior Executive Vice President Jim Cicconi, also at the meeting involving the service providers, separately asked Lazarus to use the model for agreement on net neutrality from outgoing House Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., to resolve to issue at the FCC, another filing said. Regulators should “explore alternative methods by which the Commission can ensure Internet openness while it pursues the goals of the National Broadband Plan,” AT&T said. MPAA said chief Bob Pisano on Monday discussed separately with Lazarus “the need for flexible content delivery arrangements between content owners and ISPs, and the ability to employ tools and techniques designed to combat theft of copyrighted materials."