IP: Wall St. Jrnl - FCC Names Internet Expert As Its New Chief Technologist

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 09:01:59 -0500
>To: Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>From: Nick Lordi <nlordi@telcordia.com>
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>Hi Dave,
>
>Congratulations.  The attached was on the front page of the Wall St Jrnl's 
>Tech Section of
>their interactive edition.  Also had a nice caricature of you.
>
>Nick
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>Wall Street Journal Interactive, January 4, 2000
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>Tech Center
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>FCC Names Internet Expert As Its New Chief Technologist
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>By KATHY CHEN
>Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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>WASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission named David Farber, an 
>expert on telecommunications and the Internet, as its chief technologist.
>
>A professor of telecommunication systems at the University of Pennsylvania 
>in Philadelphia, Mr. Farber, 65 years old, will be responsible for 
>analyzing the strategic interplay of technology and policy for the FCC. 
>Key issues he likely will face during his planned 18-month term include 
>how radio spectrum can be better utilized to provide high-speed Internet 
>access and how to address Internet-technology convergence and 
>broadband-access issues.
>
>A member and trustee of the Internet Society, an informal policy-making 
>body for the Internet based in Reston, Va., Mr. Farber is seen as favoring 
>industry self-governance and a hands-off government approach, a view 
>shared by FCC officials.
>
>Although he never studied for a doctorate in computer sciences -- he 
>received an undergraduate engineering degree from Stevens Technical 
>Institute in Hoboken, N.J. -- he has four decades of experience in the 
>technology field. He helped develop the first electronic telephone 
>switches for Bell Telephone Laboratories, which provided him with a 
>two-year master's equivalency program in computing, in the 1960s. He 
>pioneered work on networked-computing systems at the University of 
>California at Irvine in the 1970s. At Pennsylvania, he has been leading 
>research in ultra-high-speed networking.
>
>As well as helping build the Internet, Mr. Farber also has used it to 
>shape himself as a sort of modern media man. One of his best-known 
>accomplishments is his "Interesting People" mailing list, which he started 
>more than a decade ago when he began forwarding articles on the technology 
>industry to close friends. Today, the list includes more than 25,000 
>subscribers. He also sponsors his own home page, a compilation of his 
>accomplishments, his thoughts and even his favorite place to vacation.
>.....



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