Telecommunications Policy, Part 2

Jan 26, 2009

New America Foundation

Panelists spoke about several proposals for future telecommunications policy, particularly in the areas of witeless communications and public service. They focused on development of new technology, expanding communications markets, and integration of telecommunications technology in various public service sectors. The Future of American .. Read More
Panelists spoke about several proposals for future telecommunications policy, particularly in the areas of witeless communications and public service. They focused on development of new technology, expanding communications markets, and integration of telecommunications technology in various public service sectors. 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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00:00:26 Unidentified Speaker AND BACK LIVE TO THE NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION WHERE THIS MORNING ANALYSTS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS...
00:00:42 Unidentified Speaker ON CAPITOL HILL, MEANWHILE, TODAY THE HOUSE AND SENATE BOTH COMING IN AT 2:00. THE HOUSE IN FOR LEGISLATIVE...
00:03:15 Unidentified Speaker COULD ALL THE PANELISTS PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT? AND COULD PEOPLE PLEASE TAKE THEIR SEATS.
00:03:21 Unidentified Speaker THIS DISCUSSION AT THE NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION SET TO GET UNDER WAY IN A MOMENT. IN THE HEADLINES THIS...
00:04:01 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK WE'RE ABOUT READY TO START PART 2 OF TODAY'S PROGRAM. IT'S MUCH SEXIER THAN...
00:04:22 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. IT WAS REALLY A CHALLENGE IN ORGANIZING THE CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK AND ORGANIZING THE PANELS....
00:05:59 Unidentified Speaker HELLO. I'M JOHN PEAHAH. MY DAY JOB IS CHIEF TECHNOLOGYIST AND ON FACULTY AT MELON UNIVERSITY. LET...
00:12:59 Unidentified Speaker HI. I'M ROD FREEDEN, A PROFESSOR AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY. MY PRESENTATION FOLLOWS UP ON SPECTRUM...
00:20:03 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY TRUE THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN...
00:27:32 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT. I'M KATHRYN MONTGOMERY FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. AND SINCE I'M LAST IN THIS LONG LIST...
00:34:21 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EVERYBODY. WELL, WE'RE OPEN NOW FOR QUESTIONS. SASHA, WE'LL BRING YOU...
00:34:44 Unidentified Speaker HI. ANDY SCHWARZMAN FROM MEDIA ACTION PROJECT. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T COMMENT ON THE OVERALL...
00:35:27 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. MY --
00:35:30 Unidentified Speaker THE OTHER MIKE.
00:35:32 Unidentified Speaker OH, OKAY.
00:35:34 Unidentified Speaker THESE ARE FOR THE TV --
00:35:36 Unidentified Speaker I FOCUS ON TV FOR TWO REASONS, ONE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I KNOW. TWO, BECAUSE I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY...
00:36:29 Unidentified Speaker JIM?
00:36:30 Unidentified Speaker TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST ONE FOR JOHN. JOHN, YOU'RE A VETERAN OF THE SPECTRUM WARS. FOR EXAMPLE, I RECALL...
00:37:30 Unidentified Speaker NEVER SEEN HIM SPEECHLESS BEFORE.
00:37:32 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT GOING TO REVIEW ALL THE THINGS I'VE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIMITED TIME...
00:38:29 Unidentified Speaker ONE QUESTION FOR ELLEN. ELLEN, YOU'RE A REAL SERIOUS SCHOLAR IN THIS AREA. YOU'VE BEEN LABORING FOR...
00:39:00 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T QUITE GET -- ARE THERE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I
00:39:03 Unidentified Speaker FOR --
00:39:05 Unidentified Speaker FOR HOW TO GET MORE PUBLICITY?
00:39:08 Unidentified Speaker FOR HOW TO GET PEOPLE THAT LABOR AT MAKING IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY READ SCHOLARLY...
00:39:18 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WE HAVE A MEET. EVERYTHING A MEET'S DOING.
00:39:22 Unidentified Speaker YOU WROTE SOME SEMINAL PAPERS A HALF A DECADE AGO OR MORE, AND THEY JUST WEREN'T PART OF THE DEBATE...
00:39:30 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. LOOK --
00:39:33 Unidentified Speaker WE DON'T SEE A PROBLEM.
00:39:35 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU'RE ASKING ME THE SAME QUESTION I ASKED JON. WHY ARE WE SO IRRELEVANT? YOU KNOW, I DON'T...
00:40:15 Unidentified Speaker CAN I RESPOND TO THAT? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A BROADER QUESTION AS WELL. AND THAT IS, HOW DO WE FOSTER...
00:41:11 Unidentified Speaker PHILIP WEBER, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICES, FOR JON PEHA. A STRAIGHTFORWARD TECHNOLOGY QUESTION, SINCE...
00:41:49 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS NOT A STRAIGHTFORWARD TECHNOLOGY QUESTION. I MEAN, CLEARLY, THESE THINGS ARE TECHNOLOGICALLY...
00:43:15 Unidentified Speaker JOANN WILSON WITH COMPASS ROSE INTERNATIONAL. LET ME JUST SAY, SINCE WE'RE A CONSULTING FIRM, MY QUESTION...
00:44:56 Unidentified Speaker I'LL TRY. GO AHEAD.
00:44:58 Unidentified Speaker WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE CERTAINLY TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET MORE -- SHOULD SAY, MORE USEFUL --...
00:46:55 Unidentified Speaker ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THAT. CAN YOU ALSO ADDRESS WHETHER OR NOT THE FCC SHOULD PUT BACK THE SPECTRUM...
00:47:01 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER THAT.
00:47:12 Unidentified Speaker AND JON WILL BE GLAD YOU'RE ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.
00:47:16 Unidentified Speaker WHILE YOUR QUESTION RAISES THE TRADE-OFF IN CARRIERS' MINDS, DO THEY INVEST IN TECHNOLOGIES TO OPERATE...
00:48:18 Unidentified Speaker MICHAEL NELSON WITH GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. THIS IS A QUESTION I ACTUALLY WANTED TO ASK TO BOTH PANELS,...
00:49:55 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS TO CHANGE THE FCC'S PROCESSES. YOU KNOW,...
00:51:28 Unidentified Speaker FOLLOWING ON TO THOSE THOUGHTS, WE IN THE ACADEMY HAVE SOMETHING CALLED PEER REVIEW. PEER REVIEW IS...
00:52:17 Unidentified Speaker I'LL JUST FOLLOW ON ELLEN'S COMMENTS, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT THAT THE MORE -- THE MORE FACT BASED THE...
00:53:08 Unidentified Speaker HI. MY NAME IS ARIEL, I'M FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ELLEN AND FOR --...
00:53:16 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:53:19 Unidentified Speaker YOU MENTIONED, ELLEN, THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER A NONCOMMERCIAL RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR THE INTERNET,...
00:54:47 Unidentified Speaker YEAH, WELL, A FEW POINTS THERE. I THINK THE PREMISE OF YOUR QUESTION IS RIGHT, THAT IT'S VERY HARD...
00:55:44 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW OF ANY PARTICULAR PARTNERSHIPS. WE DO KNOW THAT THE YOUTUBE IS NOW CREATING KIND OF C-SPAN,...
00:57:03 Unidentified Speaker THEY ARE ERODING. I MEAN, IT IS THE MONOPOLY AT THIS POINT. THIS IS THE SEARCH ENGINE MONOPOLY.
00:57:11 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE WITH YOU.
00:57:14 Unidentified Speaker JUST LIKE MICROSOFT BECAME STANDARD FOR AMERICAN COMPUTERS. SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE COULD BE...
00:57:40 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE WITH YOU. I'M COMPLETELY IN AGREEMENT. THERE ARE CONSUMER GROUPS WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. THE...
00:58:09 Unidentified Speaker CAN I ASK THE WIRELESS GUYS TO SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AD HOC NETWORKS. I REALIZE THAT'S A LONG-TERM...
00:58:27 Unidentified Speaker SURE. AD HOCS HAVE NETWORKS, UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE A FUTURE. ALTHOUGH WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE SCOPE...
00:59:38 Unidentified Speaker MORE BROADLY ON A STRUCTURAL SENSE, BOTH AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS...
01:00:18 Unidentified Speaker TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ONE MORE?
01:00:23 Unidentified Speaker HI. I'M PEGGY SEIGEL, EDUCATION FREE AGENT. I HAVE A CONTENT QUESTION FOR KATHERINE AND ELLEN PRIMARILY....
01:01:19 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. NO, I THINK IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY. AND AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF MY PRESENTATION,...
01:02:31 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. I WOULD JUST ADD THAT PUBLIC MEDIA IS A NATURAL PARTNER THERE AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. THESE ARE...
01:03:16 Unidentified Speaker I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE HALF OF THE CHAPTERS IN THIS BOOK WERE NOT EVEN ADDRESSED TODAY....
01:04:21 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. LET ME JUST THANK THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY STEPHANIE WHO HAS BEEN DOING LOGISTICS BEHIND THE...

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

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