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Visit www.adtran.com/mobilebackhaul for a FREE Mobile Backhaul Solutions Pocket Guide. Total Access 5000 NetVanta 8044M Multi-service Access Platform Copyright © 2010 ADTRAN, Inc. CN101B050110NGN All rights reserved. ADTRAN, Total Access and NetVanta are registered trademarks of ADTRAN, Inc. Despite Court Ruling, The Great Net Neutrality Debate Rages On by Paula Bernier Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-In-Chief ([email protected]) he Federal Communications Commission in mid-March delivered to EDITORIAL Congress a comprehensive document outlining how it and other Erik Linask, Group Editorial Director ([email protected]) regulatory bodies and industry players might work together to make Paula Bernier, Executive Editor, IP Communications Group Tbroadband services more accessible, affordable and useful to the nation. ([email protected]) Erin E. Harrison, Senior Editor ([email protected]) Ironically, just a few weeks later the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Kelly McGuire, Marisa Torrieri Columbia Circuit ruled in Comcast’s favor in a lawsuit the cable company TMC LABS filed against the FCC saying the agency lacks the authority to stop it from Tom Keating, Executive Technology Editor/CTO/VP bandwidth throttling select applications (in this case, BitTorrent P2P traffic). ART Alan Urkawich, Creative Director Lisa A. Mellers, Graphic Designer Stephanie Thompson,Production Manager Indeed, this lawsuit was the 800-pound gorilla in the room as the FCC went about its busi- EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ness of drawing up and presenting Congress with The National Broadband Plan. Nadji Tehrani, Chairman and Founder Rich Tehrani, Chief Executive Officer Then, in mid-April, the news came. Comcast had prevailed. 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Phone: (203) 852-6800 has no option but to immediately open a proceeding to clarify its authority over broadband Fax: (203) 853-2845, (203) 838-4070 network providers under Title II.” NGN Subscribe FREE Online at www.ngnmag.com TABLE OF CONTENTS May 2010 NGN Magazine 3 Publisher’s Outlook Allied Fiber Addresses Wireless Backhaul Requirements TMCnet (www.tmcnet.com) TMCnet EDITORIAL Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask by Rich Tehrani Group Managing Editor, Michael Dinan Senior Editor, Erin Harrison Assignment Editor, Stefania Viscusi Contributing Editorial: Patrick Barnard, Susan s the economy bottomed out more than a year ago, the Campbell, Kelly McGuire, David Sims, Alice Straight, Marisa Torrieri thought of investing millions of dollars and digging up the ground and laying down dark fiber in the name of new net- TMCnet prodUCTION Webmaster, Robert Hashemian Aworks seemed frivolous, even premature. Senior Director, Creative and Operations, Alan Urkawich Call it a case of bad timing. The demand was cer- gain from Allied Fiber’s existence are begin- Senior Designer & Director of TMCnet Communities and Channels, Maxine Sandler tainly there, but the funds to build simply were ning to educate the others. There is still a lot of Senior Designer & not. Fast forward to the fall of 2009: As compa- educating to do, Newby said, but it is getting Web Director, Scott Bouchard Senior Designer & Director of nies began to pull themselves out of the doldrums, easier as more understand it and fiber to the Web Video, Jean Louis we eventually began hearing of capital outlays be- tower becomes the buzz phrase of 2010. Senior Web Designer, Director of Strategic ing made, particularly investments in fiber to the Web Initiatives, Chhityz Thapa As more 4G announcements begin to unfold, it Web Designer, Lou Brevetti tower to support fiber-based Ethernet backhaul Operations

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