In addition to current FCC commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Ajit Pai, day 2 of the Broadband and Social Justice Summit by the Minority Media & Telecom Counsel featured a rare reunion of former FCC chairmen. The FCCers differed on the need to revamp the ’96 Telecom Act, with Republican commish Pai suggesting creating an IP Transition Task Force. More on Pai’s agenda, commish Mignon Clyburn’s and viewpoints from former FCC heads on IP transition and data caps.
 
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Time Warner Cable has a beef with Netflix’s content delivery network, but Public Knowledge svp Harold Feld blogged that he’s suspicious of the MSO’s argument. Here’s his take.
 
Comcast Cable has upgraded to Ciena’s newest 100G coherent optical technology for its core network in an effort to meet customer demand for high-speed, high capacity services and apps, such as cloud computing and mobile data.
 
The FCC launched a new Website with info for incentive auction stakeholders, particularly broadcasters.

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