FCC Announces Second Public En Banc Hearing On Broadband Network Management Practices At Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced a public En Banc hearing to be held at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California on Thursday, April 17, 2008. The hearing location is as follows:

Location:

Stanford University Campus Palo Alto, California Maps/Directions: http://www.stanford.edu/home/visitors/maps/index.html

The Commission will hear from expert panelists regarding broadband network management practices and Internet-related issues. The hearing scheduled at Stanford University is the second such hearing on broadband network management practices and Internet-related issues to be held by the FCC and follows a similar hearing held at Harvard Law School last month (for more information: http://www.fcc.gov/headlines.html - go to February 25, 2008 headline: ‘FCC En Banc Hearing on Broadband Network Management Practices, Cambridge, Massachusetts’). The hearing at Stanford University is open to the public, and seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional details on this hearing will be forthcoming.

The public may file comments or other documents with the Commission and should reference docket numbers 07-52 and 08-7 when filing by paper or submit your filing electronically by going to http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi and enter proceeding numbers 07-52 and 08-7. Filing instructions are provided at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/.

For additional information about the hearing, please visit the FCC’s website at http://www.fcc.gov. Press inquiries should be directed to Robert Kenny at 202-418-2668 or Clyde Ensslin at 202-418-0506.