... we urge the FCC to: * Resist at all costs the telephone industry's calls for bailouts. The policy should be one of "fast failure." * Acknowledge that non-Internet communications equipment ... is economically obsolete ... * Discourage attempts by incumbent telephone companies to thwart [asset-based telecom]. * Accelerate FCC exploration of innovative spectrum use and aggressively expand unlicensed spectrum allocation. This letter was sent to FCC chairman Powell and signed by, among others: Scott Bradner, Gordon Cook, David Farber, Bob Frankston, Roxane Googin, David Isenberg, Jeff Pulver, David Reed, Paul Saffo, Clay Shirky, and Kevin Werbach (one degree from Esther Dyson). The Paradox of the Best Network | 
