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Industry Companies Form Broadband Advisory Group

Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group will offer "advice and guidance" on network management practices

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/9/2010 1:51:53 PM

Broadband and high-tech companies including Google, Comcast and Microsoft are getting together to form a Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group to provide "advice and guidance" on network management practices.

The FCC had proposed assembling such a group as part of its effort to expand and codify its network neutrality guidelines, but industry is beating them to the punch.

The group will be headed by Dale Hatfield, former FCC chief technologist. "TAG will function as a neutral, expert technical forum and promote a greater consensus around technical practices within the Internet community," said Hatfield. Part of that function will be to "help inform federal agencies (e.g., the FCC, Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice) in their industry oversight functions."

The group will include representatives of AT&T, Cisco, Comcast, DISH Network, EchoStar, Google, Intel Corporation, Level 3 Communications, LLC, Microsoft, Time Warner Cable and Verizon.

"Today's announcement is an important and encouraging recognition that all companies participating in the Internet ecosystem should come together with a common purpose -- to continue providing consumers with a great Internet experience," said National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow.

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