Telecommunications Policy, Part 1

Jan 26, 2009

New America Foundation

After opening remarks, two working groups presented proposals for future telecommunications policies. The first panel focused on public access to telecommunications technology, the transition to digital and broadband devices, and expansion of telecommunications to rural regions and to the economically disadvantaged. The Future of American .. Read More
After opening remarks, two working groups presented proposals for future telecommunications policies. The first panel focused on public access to telecommunications technology, the transition to digital and broadband devices, and expansion of telecommunications to rural regions and to the economically disadvantaged. The Future of American Communications (FACT) Working Group, composed of sixteen telecommunications scholars from eleven American universities who had spent the past year putting together a communications policy agenda for the next administration, released their report titled ...And Communications for All: A Policy Agenda for a New Administration, edited by Amit Schejter.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:21 Unidentified Speaker NOW A FORUM ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY FOR THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING MEDIAOPE OWNERSHIP,...
00:00:33 Unidentified Speaker WILL ATTEMPT NOT TO KILL THEMSELVES LIKE I JUST DID RIGHT THERE, AND I THINK WE'RE ABOUT ABOUT READY...
00:03:42 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BRILLIANT SCHOLAR I WAS LOOKING BACK TO SEE WHO YOU WERE REFERRING...
00:13:10 Unidentified Speaker THE FEELING IS MUTUAL AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE I GOT TO GET YOU TO SIGN THIS BOOK.
00:13:14 Unidentified Speaker OH. [LAUGHTER]
00:13:15 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS REALLY A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND THE FEELING IS MUTUAL IN TERMS OF ADMIRATION. I REALLY...
00:25:17 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:25:19 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER ADELSTEIN FOR YOUR INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS. AND FOR THE, AND FOR...
00:26:48 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. NICE TO BE THE OLD MAN, SOMETIMES. COMMISSIONER LAID OUT THE IMPORTANT POLICIES THAT NEED...
00:34:02 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, NOW FOR THE AUTHORS WILL HAVE TWO PANELS AS THE PROGRAM PROMISES. I WOULD...
00:35:37 Unidentified Speaker ALANA MARVIN AMMORI --
00:35:39 Unidentified Speaker BY THE WAY, YOU SHOULD HAVE THESE MICROPHONES, THESE ARE FOR THE ROOM.
00:35:48 Unidentified Speaker SHOULD WE STAND UP?
00:35:51 Unidentified Speaker I TYPED OUT MY COMMENT IS BECAUSE THERE IS A MINUTE LIMITATION BUT I WAS GIVEN. SO FORGIVE ME FOR...
00:42:34 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. I AM RICHARD TAYLOR. I HAVE THE PRESSURE TO THE COKE PLEASURE OF BEING THE CO-DIRECTOR...
00:49:57 Unidentified Speaker IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND I DO WANT TO SAY TO MY COAUTHORS THAT IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE...
00:58:49 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS HEATHER HUDSON. I'M FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, AND I WAS THINKING,...
01:07:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A DISCIPLINED GROUP. YOU HAVE TRAINING. AND EVERYBODY IS DELIVERING EVERYTHING...
01:08:10 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS GLEN,. I WORK BUILDING WIRELESS NETWORKS PAID FOR BY USAID WITH THE UNDERSTANDING WE'RE...
01:09:15 Unidentified Speaker QUESTIONS. PLEASE.
01:09:17 Unidentified Speaker I'M WITH GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT CONTENT AND COMMUNICATION POLICY.
01:09:24 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU SPEAK LOUDER?
01:09:27 Unidentified Speaker I'LL SPEAK LOUDER.
01:09:29 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S THE MICROPHONE.
01:09:33 Unidentified Speaker WE CAN PASS THE WIRELESS MIC. AND IF YOU CAN PASS IT DOWN HERE THE WIRELESS MIC THAT IS BY HEATHER....
01:09:41 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. WOW.
01:09:43 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S POWER.
01:09:44 Unidentified Speaker WIRELESS.
01:09:45 Unidentified Speaker I'M WITH GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, MARK. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT CONTENT. THE OLD COMMUNICATION...
01:11:05 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO SAY THAT THE SECOND PANEL I THINK THAT ALLEN GOODMAN WILL TALK ABOUT PUBLIC MEDIA AND ADDRESS...
01:11:22 Unidentified Speaker WHILE THE ISSUE OF NEWS GATHERING AND JOURNALISM IS NOT COVERED IN MY PAPER, I'LL TAKE A QUICK SHOT...
01:12:47 Unidentified Speaker AS YOU SAID WITH CRAIG'S LIST, GOOGLE IS SUCKING THE DIGS REVENUE OUT OF EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S GOING...
01:13:05 Unidentified Speaker ANYMORE QUESTIONS? YES, PLEASE.
01:13:08 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KERRY AND I'M WITH THE D.C. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. TWO KEYNOTE SPEAKERS...
01:14:50 Unidentified Speaker YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT AFFORDABILITY IS A CRITICAL ISSUE. IT'S A CRITICAL ISSUE IN INNER CITIES...
01:16:27 Unidentified Speaker CAN I ANSWER THAT? I THINK YOUR POINT IS VERY WELL TAKEN. THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS, AFFORDABILITY...
01:17:56 Unidentified Speaker ALL OF THE IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN -- I DON'T THINK ANY OF OUR CHAPTERS, THERE WAS LIVELY CONVERSATION...
01:18:23 Unidentified Speaker IT IS IN THE CHAPTER ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE. MARGARET, GO AHEAD. YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING ABOUT...
01:18:30 Unidentified Speaker THANKS. SO, I THINK IN RURAL AREAS, THE COST IS HIGH SO THE PRICES ARE GOING TO BE HIGH, AND THE WAY...
01:20:02 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT -- TO ADD TO THE ANSWERS HERE, IN MARVIN'S CHAPTER ON WIRELINE INDUSTRY, QUITE DETAILED...
01:20:21 Unidentified Speaker CAN I MAKE PINT ABOUT YOU?
01:20:22 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE DON'T. GO AHEAD.
01:20:27 Unidentified Speaker THE FIRST QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH USAID FUNDING RURAL BROADBAND IN EASTERN EUROPE, AND THERE'S AN...
01:21:29 Unidentified Speaker THE OTHER POINT TO ADD TO THAT IS IN THE CHAPTER DEVOTED TO UNIVERSAL SERVICE, OFFERS A NEW VISION...
01:21:58 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS FOR PROFESSOR TAYLOR. MY NAME IS JERRY, I'M WITH A COMPANY THAT REPRESENTS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS....
01:23:39 Unidentified Speaker USE THE RESOURCES ON THE SITE OF YOUR FIRM AS THE SOURCE OF MY INFORMATION AND I NOTE THE STUDY YOU...
01:24:12 Unidentified Speaker MY WHOLE LIFE I'VE WANTED TO DO THIS. IF THERE'S NO RESEARCH, WHAT ARE YOU BASING YOUR STATEMENTS...
01:24:22 Unidentified Speaker WELL.
01:24:25 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S RESEARCH TO THE CONTRARY.
01:24:26 Unidentified Speaker I WOULDN'T DESCRIBE YOUR STUDY AS RESEARCH TO THE CONTRARY. MAYBE THAT'S A SIDE BAR CONVERSATION....
01:27:05 Unidentified Speaker YES.
01:27:07 Unidentified Speaker TED WITH MULTICHANNEL NEWS. DOES ANYONE ON THIS PANEL WANT TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF MIGRATING...
01:27:32 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE SPECTRUM PANEL -- THE NEXT ONE DEALS WITH SPECTRUM ISSUES. UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO ANSWER...
01:27:54 Unidentified Speaker WELL, --
01:27:55 Unidentified Speaker I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT MAYBE ONE OF THE AFTERNOON PANELLESSES JUST RESPOND TO THE QUESTION, OR...
01:28:04 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU WANT TO?
01:28:05 Unidentified Speaker OTHERWISE.
01:28:06 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION, JOHN, IS WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE IDEA OF MY GRATING THE BROADCASTERS OFF OF THEIR PRIME...
01:28:26 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS JOHN PEHA FROM CARNEGIE MELON UNIVERSITY.
01:28:34 Unidentified Speaker IT'S CERTAINLY A POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT IDEA. THE CHALLENGE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IS THAT THERE ARE...
01:29:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, JOHN.
01:29:18 Unidentified Speaker ANYMORE QUESTIONS OF THIS PANEL? OKAY.
01:29:28 Unidentified Speaker I'M MARK FROM PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, AND MY QUESTION IS, THE COMPANIES THAT ARE IN THE MAIN STUMBLING BLOCKS...
01:29:57 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOUR POINT IS VERY WELL TAKEN, AND I GUESS I WOULD COME BACK TO THE POINT MARVIN WAS MAKING,...
01:31:40 Unidentified Speaker I THINK HEATHER'S POINT ON SUPPORT FOR NEW R & D IS SEEPINGAL. YOU REV REPS TO CORP APPARATUS WELFARE...
01:32:24 Unidentified Speaker RICHARD?
01:32:25 Unidentified Speaker JUST TWO THOUGHTS AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, ART. WHEN IT COMES TO THE STIMULUS, THE MONEY WE'RE...
01:34:20 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW THE REV REPS, WE WON.
01:34:21 Unidentified Speaker SORRY.
01:34:22 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S OKAY.
01:34:26 Unidentified Speaker I'M SPEAK AS A LAW PROFESSOR.
01:34:27 Unidentified Speaker CARRIED OUT --
01:34:32 Unidentified Speaker WE IN FAVOR OF BROADBAND FOR ALL.
01:34:42 Unidentified Speaker ANY -- YES.
01:34:43 Unidentified Speaker BETH McCONNELL. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD PUT THE $6 BILLION NUMBER IN CONTEXT. WE'VE HEARD THAT...
01:35:08 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. I THINK THAT THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION ACTUALLY COMES BACK TO WHAT...
01:37:03 Unidentified Speaker $6 BILLION DOESN'T GO THAT FAR FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. HEATHER IS CORRECT IN SAYING THAT IT DOES DEPEND...
01:38:02 Unidentified Speaker IT'S NOT MY PARTICULAR EXPERTISE BUT I READ PRETTY WILDLY IN THE FIELD. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT GOAL YOU'RE...
01:38:34 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS SLIGHTLY OUTSIDE MY PERMANENT EXPERTISE. THE ORGANIZATION I USED TO WORK FOR, FREE PRESS,...
01:39:42 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. IN THE SECOND PANEL WILL START IN A FEW MINUTES, WE'LL HAVE JOHN PEHA TALK ABOUT THE SPECTRUM...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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