Today, Golden Frog Co-founder Ron Yokubaitis spoke at the roundtable Technology Council Austin on "access to consumption, content contest, and cable Set Top Box Bottleneck :. the last pro-innovation debate in the Obama administration " The panel brought together thought leaders in the space, including Gigi Sohn, Advisor to the Presidency FCC Tom Wheeler and Barbary Brunner, CEO of the Council of technology Austin.
roundtable centered on the recent proposal of the US FCC to boost set-top box competition, allowing consumers to "expensive cable boxes swaps for cheaper devices and applications. "This change would increase competition in the market set-top tv box, but could be a" coup "to large telecom (eg Comcast and Verizon). with the new proposal, users can get set top boxes from other suppliers rather that being locked in the box provided by their cable company. 99% of US customers are now required to get decoders for their cable companies, but the new rules would give consumers an additional choice in suppliers and allowing them to save money.
A Golden Frog strongly believe in an open Internet, and that competition and innovation are essential to the market. Regarding the top box cable problem fixed, we believe in customer choice and are in favor of the proposal from the FCC. Consumers should have a choice in which the equipment they use and how they access the Internet, and should not be forced to buy a set top box from their cable company, but rather to have the freedom to choose their device . In addition, there should be freedom of Discrimination against video applications that currently exist; consumers should be able to add applications and navigate through the platforms they choose
Our main points
Ron focused on points following during the panel, citing the importance .:
- contest
- the choice of the customer
- open networks, regardless of technology or regulatory silo
- protection of privacy
- Pull technology advantage to lower prices closer to those of a truly competitive market
- no forced bonding two products, so users do not have to buy both from the same source (ie: separate the cable company box)
involved: submit your comments to the FCC
you can submit your comments on the proposal to the FCC to let them know what you think. Visit this link http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/hotdocket/list and s elect two related procedures:
Video Navigation
- 16-42, the choice of video navigation expanding consumer
- 97-80, implementation of the 1996 telecommunications Act the commercial availability of navigation devices
broadband Privacy
- 16-106 Protection of the privacy of customers of broadband services and other telecommunication services
You can also use comments formal link to attach comments for download. If you use this function, please make sure to insert the procedure numbers (above) when you fill.
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