Sunday, February 5, 2006

Senate Net Neutrality Hearings Scheduled for Feb. 7

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to hold an open hearing on the issue of Internet Neutrality. The list of witnesses includes:

Panel 1



Vinton Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google



Walter McCormick, President and CEO, United States Telecom Association



Jeffrey Citron, Chairman and CEO, Vonage



Kyle McSlarrow, President and CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association



Earl Comstock, President and CEO, CompTel



Panel 2



Kyle Dixon, Senior Fellow and Director of the federal Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics, The Progress & Freedom Foundation



J. Gregory Sidak, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center



Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School



Gary Bachula, Vice President for External Affairs, Internet2



A webcast of the event should be available.http://commerce.senate.gov/