"Donald E. Kimberlin" <0004133373@mcimail.com> (06/04/91)
The June 1 issue of TE&M has an interesting article on page
18; one that indicaes a route that might be useful to suffering sole
practitioner consultants who need some recognition. It goes as
follows:
"FCC COURTING VIEWS FROM NON-D.C. PLAYERS
"The FCC's first look at `Networks of the Future' won't be
it's last, according to Office of Plans and Policy Chief Robert
Pepper, who is considering how commissiners can get more regular
contact with telecom industry players whose jobs are not wooing
Washington.
"The commission had an _en_banc_ hearing last month where
technicians and users described how the telecommunications network
will develop, which communications products consmuers want, and what
innovative projects are underway.
Overriding thems were the increasingly blurry lines among
voice, data, broadcast, cellular andother communications technologies,
and the need for an applications platform similar to that in the
computer industry, so vendors and users who plug into network are
assured of uniform specifications.
"Pepper says commissioners want to hear more from network
users in the field and especially on ideas about specific
applications. His office is considering ideas for regular contact
between the FCC and the world outside the Capital Beltway.
"He agrees that tecnology is blurring the distinction among
communications media, but doesnot see a massive FCC reorganization as
a result. He concludes however, that the commission `must be flexible
enough to make changes along with technology, including better work
across traditional bureau boundaries." <end of quote from TE&M>
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...This certainly should be an opportunity for anyone with the
gumption to write a letter to Pepper at the FCC's M Street address.Ronald Greenberg <rig@eng.umd.edu> (06/05/91)
> "The FCC's first look at `Networks of the Future' won't be > it's last, according to Office of Plans and Policy Chief Robert > Pepper, who is considering how commissiners can get more regular > contact with telecom industry players whose jobs are not wooing > Washington. How about telling him to post to the net solicitations for comments on specific issues as they arise? Ronald I. Greenberg rig@eng.umd.edu