Despite the FCC’s public promise of an open Internet, the FCC has, and continues to hold secret meetings with corporations to discuss the two main net neutrality proceedings: broadband reclassification and open Internet proposals. The FCC has allegedly summoned lobbyists from corporations such as AT&T, T Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, Google, Skype, and the Motion Picture Association of America, to give their two cents in hopes that a compromise could be reached.

After an article from ars technica exposed the meetings to the public, FCC Chief of Staff Edward Lazarus has updated the FCC blog with a list of scheduled meetings. Lazarus adds, “to promote transparency and keep the public informed, we will post notices of these meetings here at blog.broadband.gov. As always, our door is open to all ideas and all stakeholders. “

However, a list of corporate attendees does not say much at all. The details and minutes of these meetings should be made available to the public as well in order to “keep the public informed”.

"Despite public outrage and repeated promises of transparency, the FCC continues to meet behind closed doors with the largest companies to negotiate a secret deal that would short circuit public participation in policymaking that will shape the Internet for a generation," declared Free Press' Josh Silver. "The great irony here is that the FCC's 'transparency' policy is part of the negotiations behind closed doors."

Read more about the FCC meetings at ars technica.