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<tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>527031-00038</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>2/28/2007 6:45:48 AM</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Organization: </b></td><td>Dynamic Platform Standards Project</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Seth Johnson</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>NY</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Attachments:</b></td><td><a href='527031-00038.pdf'>527031-00038.pdf</a>&nbsp<a href='http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html' target = _blank >Download Adobe Reader</a><br></td></tr></Table>

<hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p>

Dear Sirs and Madams, Attached please find a portable document format file of texts associated with the Dynamic Platform Standards Project. These materials may also be found at http://www.dpsproject.com . They include a legislative proposal that you should find constructive. The DPS Project is based on a recognition of the *flexibility* of the Internet Protocol layer of the Internet. This layer was designed specifically so that it would function as a generic medium that would support communications in any structure and form. It is specifically not tailored for any particular "service" or "application," but rather for allowing the broadest variety of formats and transmission patterns possible, much like the Random Access Memory one finds in a computer is designed to store and execute any structure of logical code one wishes to devise. This design for flexibility in the technical behavior of routers following the Internet Protocol also results in the uniform treatment of information flow which is the characteristic most regularly mentioned in the "net neutrality" discussion. The various practices proposed to begin shaping transmissions based on particular applications will reverse the genericity of the Internet Protocol layer. They will inherently undermine the flexibility of the Internet for supporting the development of diverse applications that make use of the Internet Protocol platform. The advantages of the present platform must be recognized and addressed independently in terms of how they may be affected by the practices that "network neutrality" advocates are concerned about, before any cogent policy discussion can occur. If this distinction is not drawn then confusion will be the only result. Seth Johnson Coordinator, Dynamic Platform Standards Project </body></html>