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Proof of Service No. 17-502 IN THE ~upr£m£ Qlourt of ±~£ ~nit£b ~hd£s NCTA-THE INTERNET AND TELEVISION ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondents. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I am a member in good standing of the bar of this Court and that on this 3rd day of October, 2018, I caused three copies of the Reply Brief for Petitioner to be served by third-party commercial carrier for delivery within three calendar days on the counsel identified below, and caused an electronic version to be transmitted to the counsel identified below, pursuant to Rule 29.5 of the Rules of this Court. All parties required to be served have been served. Kellam Conover SERVICE LIST Colleen L. Boothby Jeffrey A. Lamken ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Levine, Blaszak, Block Rayiner I. Hashem & Boothby, LLP ([email protected]) 2001 L Street, N.W., 9th Floor MoloLamken LLP Washington, D.C. 20036 The Watergate, Suite 660 (202) 857-2550 600 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Counsel for Respondent Washington, D.C. 20037 Ad Hoc Telecommunications (202) 556-2000 Users Committee Ross J. Lieberman Christopher J. Wright ([email protected]) ([email protected]) American Cable Association Scott Blake Hartis 2415 39th Place, N.W. ([email protected]) Washington, D.C. 20007 Harris Wiltshire & Grannis LLP (202) 494-5661 1919 M Street, N.W., 8th Floor Counsel for Petitioner Washington, D. C. 20036 American Cable Association (202) 730-1325 Counsel for Respondent Peter D. Keisler Alwmai Technologies, Inc. ([email protected]) C. Frederick Beckner III Joe Portman ([email protected]) Alamo Broadband Inc. Kathleen Moriarty Mueller P.O. Box 249 ([email protected]) Elmendorf, Texas 78112 Sidley Austin LLP (210) 587-7201 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 [email protected] (202) 736-8000 Counsel for Respondent Alamo Broadband Inc. David R. McAtee II David L. Lawson (dl04 [email protected]) Gary L. Phillips ([email protected]) Christopher M. Heimann ([email protected]) AT&T Services, Inc. 1120 20th Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D. C. 20036 (202) 457-3055 Counsel for Respondent AT&T Inc. C. Boyden Gray Robert M. Cooper Adam R.F. Gustafson ([email protected]) (gustafson@boydengrayassocia tes. corn) Scott E. Gant Boyden Gray & Associates, PLLC ([email protected]) 80117th Street, N.W., Suite 350 Hershel A. Wancjer Washington, D. C. 20006 ([email protected]) (202) 955-0620 Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Counsel for Respondents 1401 New York Avenue, N.W. Scott Banister, Charles Giancarlo, Washington, D.C. 20005 Jeff Pulver, TechFreedom, Wendell (202) 237-2727 Brown, CARI.net, and David Franlwl Counsel for Respondent Cogent Communications, Inc. John C. Eastman (jeastman@cha pman. ed u) Deepak Gupta Anthony T. Caso ([email protected]) (caso@cha pman .ed u) Gupta Wessler PLLC Center for Constitutional 1900 L Street, N.W. Jurisprudence Washington, D.C. 20036 c/o Fowler School of Law (202) 888-1741 Chapman University Counsel for Respondents One University Drive ColorOfChange.org, Credo Mobile, Orange, California 92866 Inc., Demand Progress, and Fight (877) 855-3330 for the Future, Inc. Counsel for Respondent Daniel Berninger Pantelis Michalopoulos ([email protected]) Lisa A. Hayes Markham C. Erickson ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Center for Democracy & Technology Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1401 K Street, N.W., Suite 200 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 637-9800 (202) 429-3000 Counsel for Respondent Counsel for Respondents Center for Democracy & Technology COMPTEL, DISH Network Corp., Level 3 Communications, LLC, Timothy M. Boucher and Netflix, Inc. ([email protected]) CenturyLink Helgi C. Walker 1099 New York Avenue, N.W. ([email protected]) Suite 250 Andrew G. I. Kilberg Washington, D. C. 20001 ([email protected]) (303) 992-5751 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Counsel for Respondent 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Century Link Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 887-3599 Counsel for Petitioner CTIA - The Wireless Association® 2 Seth D. Greenstein Kevin K. Russell ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Robert S. Schwartz Goldstein & Russell, P.C. ([email protected]) 7475 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 850 Constantine Cannon LLP Bethesda, Maryland 20814 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (202) 362-0636 Suite 1300N Counsel for Respondents Washington, D. C. 20004 Free Press, Public Knowledge, and (202) 204-3500 New America's Open Technology Counsel for Respondents Institute Etsy, Inc., Kichstarter, Inc., Meetup, Inc., Tumblr, Inc., Robert J. Gastner Union Square Ventures, LLC, ([email protected]) and Vimeo, LLC Michael A. Graziano ([email protected]) Noel J. Francisco Eckert Seamans Cherin ([email protected]) & Mellott, LLC Solicitor General 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Office of the Solicitor General 12th Floor United States Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20006 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (202) 659-6600 Room 5614 Counsel for Respondents Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 Full Service Network, Sage (202) 514-2217 Telecommunications LLC, Counsel for Respondents Telescape Communications, Inc., Federal Communications Commission and TruConnect Mobile and United States of America Genevieve Morelli Matthew F. Wood ([email protected]) ([email protected]) ITTA Free Press 1101 Vermont Avenue, N.W. 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 501 Suite 1110 Washington, D.C. 20005 Washington, D. C. 20036 (202) 898-1519 (202) 265-1490 Counsel for Respondent Counsel for Respondent Independent Telephone & Free Press Telecommunications Alliance Michal Rosenn ([email protected]) Kickstarter, PBC 58 Kent Street Brooklyn, New York 11222 (34 7) 815-4501 Counsel for Respondent Kichstarter, Inc. 3 David Pashman Michael K. Kellogg ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Meetup, Inc. Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & 632 Broadway, 10th Floor Frederick, P.L.L.C. New York, New York 10012 1615 M Street, NW (646) 442-6688 Suite 400 Counsel for Respondent Washington, DC 20036 Meetup, Inc. (202) 326-7900 Counsel for Respondent United States James Bradford Ramsay Telecom Association and Century Linh, [email protected]) Inc. Jennifer Murphy ([email protected]) Stephen E. Coran National Association of Regulatory ([email protected]) Utility Commissioners Lerman Senter PLLC 1101 Vermont Avenue, Suite 200 2001 L Street, N.W., Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 898-2207 (202) 429-8970 Counsel for Respondent Counsel for Respondent National Association of Regulatory Wireless Internet Service Utility Commissioners Providers Association David C. Bergmann Charles Kennedy ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Law Office of David C. Bergmann Berin M. Szoka 3293 Noreen Drive ([email protected]) Columbus, Ohio 43221 Graham Owens (614) 771-5979 ([email protected]) Counsel for Respondent TechFreedom National Association of State 110 Maryland Avenue, N.E. Utility Consumer Advocates Suite 409 Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 803-2867 Counsel for Respondent TechFreedom 4 Sarah J. Morris Jonathan Banks ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Kevin S. Bankston Diane G. Holland ([email protected]) ( [email protected]) Open Technology Institute I United States Telecom Association New America 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. 740 15th Street, N.W., Suite 900 Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20005 Washington, D. C. 20001 (202) 986-2700 (202) 326-7272 Counsel for Respondent Counsel for Petitioner New America's Open Technology United States Telecom Association Institute Michael A. Cheah ([email protected]) Harold Jay Feld ([email protected]) Vimeo, LLC 555 West 18th Street John Bergmayer New York, New York 10011 ([email protected]) (212) 314-7457 Public Knowledge Counsel for Respondent 1818 N Street, N.W., Suite 410 Vimeo, LLC Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 861-0020 Russell M. Blau Counsel for Respondent (russell. [email protected]) Public Knowledge Joshua M. Bobeck (j [email protected]) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20004 (202) 739-3000 Counsel for Respondent Vonage Holdings Corp. 5 .
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