Amazon.com meets with FCC on network neutrality

AMAZON.COM MEETS WITH FCC ON NET NEUTRALITY
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
Amazon.com's Vice President for Global Public Policy Paul Misener started the work year off with a meeting with Federal Communications Commission Chair Kevin Martin on net neutrality. Misener met with Chairman Martin and his assistant Michelle Carey on Thursday the 11th. At the gathering the VP reiterated "Amazon.com’s continuing concern that network operators may impair and constrain American consumers’ access to lawful online services and information that otherwise would be available," according to the company's public filing. Misener urged continued FCC oversight on the issue "with respect to the network neutrality policy statement adopted by the Commission August 2, 2005." The latest Amazon.com visit may signify a wait-and-see attitude since the FCC approved the AT&T/BellSouth merger on December 29th, 2006. In exchange for the go-ahead, AT&T promised to "maintain a neutral network and neutral routing in its wireline broadband Internet access service." But several parties involved in the merger debate continue to file with the FCC, urging the Commission to exercise vigilance in holding AT&T to its promises on net neutrality and other commitments.
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