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    February20,2015

    Ms.MarleneH.Dortch,Secretary
    FederalCommunicationsCommission
    445TwelfthStreet,SW
    Washington,DC20554

    ViaElectronicFiling
    Re:NoticeofExParteCommunications,GNDocketNos.10127,1428

    DearMs.Dortch:

    OnFebruary19,2015,AlanDavidson,Director,andSarahMorris,SeniorPolicyCounsel,both
    ofNewAmericasOpenTechnologyInstitute(OTI),spokewithPriscillaDelgadoArgeris,
    SeniorLegalAdvisorforFederalCommunicationsCommissionerJessicaRosenworcel.During
    thatmeeting,OTImadethefollowingpresentationregardingtheCommissionsOpenInternet
    Proceeding.

    AlanDavidsonbeganbyexpressingOTIsstrongappreciationoftheCommissionscontinued
    goodworkinthisproceeding,andinparticularoftheCommissionsstrongproposedrulesand
    inclusionofinterconnectionwithinthescopeofthefinalOrder.However,Davidsonalsonoted
    oneareaofsignificantconcernforOTI.

    Specifically,DavidsonnotedOTIsseriousconcernsonthemeritsofanyproposedtheoryfor
    legalauthoritythatwouldrecognizearelationshipbetweenanypersonorentitysendingpackets
    overtheInternetasaspeaker,contentcreatororsender,oredgeserviceanddistant,
    lastmileInternetServiceProviders(ISPs),andthecreationofrulesbasedonthatrelationship.
    Historically,speakersontheInternethavenotneededtocareaboutthemechanismbywhich
    theirtrafficreachestheISPsubscriberwhohasrequestedthattraffic.Indeed,thelevelof
    abstractionthatkeptthosetwopartiesatarmslengthisoneofthekeycharacteristicsofthe
    Internet.

    Byrecognizinganovel,edgefacingserviceandclassifyingitasacommoncarriageservice,the
    Commissionriskscreatinganunintendedlegalrelationshipbetweenpacketsendersonthe
    contentlayerandlastmilecarriersontheinfrastructurelayer.Thisprivityhasneverexistedin
    thehistoryoftheInternet.OTIbelievesverystronglythatunderminingthefunctionalseparation
    ofthenetworkslayerswouldfundamentallydisruptthewaytheInternethasalwaysworked.

    Davidsonalsoexpressedconcernsaboutthepotentialpoliticalramificationsofthiscomponentof
    theproposal.First,thelegaltheorycouldalienatekeystakeholderswhootherwisestrongly
    supporttheCommissionsproposedactioninthisproceeding.Second,becauseitrecognizesa
    newservice,thelegaltheorysinclusioninthefinalOrdercouldleavetheCommission
    vulnerabletoargumentsaboutpotentialoverreach.

    Giventhepotentialforareviewingcourttoacceptorrejectanylegaltheory,orcombination
    thereof,offeredfortherules,OTIsconcernsexistregardlessofwhetherasendersideor
    edgefacinglegaltheoryisofferedasaprimaryjustificationfortherulesorasecondary
    justificationinthealternative.OTIurgedtheCommissiontoadoptatheoryoflegalauthority
    thatrecognizesthatbroadbandcarriersdeliveryofedgeprovidertrafficispartandparcelofthe
    unitaryservicethatcarrierspromiseanddelivertoconsumersnotadistinctandindependent
    servicetoedgeproviders.

    PursuanttotheCommissionsrules,thisnoticeisbeingfiledintheabovereferenceddocketsfor
    inclusioninthepublicrecord.

    Respectfullysubmitted,

    /s/SarahMorris

    SarahJ.Morris
    SeniorPolicyCounsel
    OpenTechnologyInstitute
    NewAmericaFoundation
    1899LStreetNW,Suite400
    Washington,DC20036

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