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WEEK ON THE "COMMUNICATOR," TOM TAUKE IS OUR GUEST. WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY TIM HART, SENIOR TECHNOLOGY REPORTER FOR POLITICO. WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS SEVERAL...
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| 00:00:27 |
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VOTE ON REFORM AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS, A MOUTHFUL AND MORE COMPLICATED TO FOLLOW. I WANTED YOUR OPINION ON HOW YOU THOUGHT IT TURNED OUT AFTER ...
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| 00:00:47 |
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OF TALKING ABOUT THIS. THE CHAIRMAN AND THE COMMISSIONER DESERVE CREDIT FOR TAKING ON THIS ISSUE, TACKLING IT, AND GETTING IT DONE. IT IS A BIG ISSUE,...
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| 00:02:43 |
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ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT STANDS TO GAIN FROM THE REDUCTION OF ACCESS CHARGES AS THEY GO DOWN. YOU DID NOT RELY AS A WHOLE LOT ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDING...
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| 00:03:15 |
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VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COMPANY HAVE WON AND LOST. AT THE WIRE LINE WILL ALL BLUES. THE WIRELESS GAINS MORE. AS A RESULT, IT WAS SOMETHING OF A MIXED BAG....
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| 00:06:05 |
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USF OUT COMPLETELY? >> I THINK THAT
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| 00:06:09 |
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IS WHAT IT WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LONG HAUL. NOW WHAT IT IS FOCUSED ON IS NOT ONGOING SUBSIDIES BUT FOCUSED ON TRYING TO PROVIDE THE CAPITAL...
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| 00:07:25 |
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WERE SOME COMPLAINTS THAT NONTRADITIONAL CARRIERS WERE SHUT OUT FROM THIS RULE MAKING, THAT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THAT AND IT FAVORED THE LARGE...
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| 00:07:39 |
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OPPOSITE. UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM, THE MONEY WAS TARGETED TO THE OLD VOICE CARRIERS, THE TRADITIONAL TACOS. IT WAS DESIGNED TO SUBSIDIZE VOICE. IN RURAL...
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| 00:09:49 |
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TALKED ABOUT THE SHEER NUMBER OF SMALL CARRIERS AND SOME STATES, LIKE IOWA. WILL THIS LEAD TO CONSOLIDATION OF SOME RURAL CARRIERS OR PUT SOME OF BUSINESS...
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| 00:10:08 |
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THE CONSOLIDATION HAS BEEN HAPPENING, AND THIS IS GOOD. WHEN I REPRESENTED IOWA, THERE WERE 161 PHONE COMPANIES IN IOWA. WE ARE DOWN FROM THAT NUMBER,...
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| 00:11:39 |
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MEETING OF THE FCC COMMISSIONERS, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE COST. WE JUST WANT TO PLAY A LITTLE OF THIS AND GET YOUR REACTION. >> I DON'T EXPECT
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| 00:11:50 |
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OVERALL CONSUMER RATES WILL GO UP AS A RESULT OF THIS ORDER, HAS APPEARED TO NOT DOING REFORM. SO THE REFORM, WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY, IT ELIMINATES...
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| 00:12:21 |
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IS RIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE INCREASES IN PHONE BILLS AS A RESULT OF THIS. THE TREND IN THE INDUSTRY IS DOWN. MORE SERVICE FOR THE DOLLAR THAT...
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| 00:12:53 |
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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND? >> I THINK WE HAVE COVERED IT. >> TOM TAUKE IS THE
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| 00:13:01 |
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EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR POLICY FOR VERIZON. I WANT TO MOVE ONTO THAT NEUTRALITY. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF VERIZON OF'S SUIT AGAINST THE FCC? >> THE...
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| 00:13:15 |
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HAS OCCURRED AMONG THE VARIOUS CIRCUIT COURTS TO DETERMINE WHICH CIRCUIT COURT WILL HEAR IT. IT IS THE D.C. CIRCUIT COURT THAT WILL HEAR THE CASE. TO...
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| 00:13:36 |
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ARTICLE RECENTLY IN AN "POLITICO" THAT IT WAS SERENDIPITOUSLY BENEFICIAL TO VERIZON THAT THE D.C. COURT WAS CHOSEN. >> IN THIS CASE, THE
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| 00:13:46 |
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CHOICE WAS MADE BY LOTTERY, AND THE D.C. CIRCUIT WAS PULLED. WE BELIEVE THAT IF ANOTHER COURT HAD BEEN SELECTED, THAT COURT WOULD HAVE DEFERRED TO THE...
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| 00:14:33 |
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GREG GOLDEN RECENTLY WROTE A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FCC SAYING, DO NOT MOVE FORWARD ON THE NET NEUTRALITY PROPOSAL. IF FOR ANY REASON IT GOES THROUGH,...
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| 00:14:53 |
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PROCESS FOR OVERTURNING THESE, INCLUDING THE FCC. THE HOUSE HAS PASSED A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE THE REGULATION. IT IS NOW PENDING ACTION IN THE SENATE....
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| 00:15:26 |
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SAID THE SEC OVERSTEPPED ITS JURISDICTION AND IS NOT HAVE AUTHORITY OVER BROADBAND AND SHOULD NOT BE MADELYN WITHOUT MANAGES ITS NETWORK -- IT SAID THE...
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| 00:15:46 |
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THAT CREATE CERTAINTY. THE MAIN ISSUE WE HAVE THIS JURISDICTION. WHAT IS THE JURISDICTION OR THE AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OVER...
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| 00:17:39 |
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A LOT OF THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY, HAS TAKEN A BACK SEAT ON THE NET NEUTRALITY. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? >> ARETWO SETS OF SUITS
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| 00:17:54 |
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AGAINST THE FCC. ONE SAID THE RULES THAT WERE APPLIED TO THE WIRE LINE SIDE OF THE BUSINESS SHOULD APPLY TO THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY. THE CTIA IS WEIGHING...
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| 00:18:55 |
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IS "COMUNICATORS." OUR GUEST IS TOM TAUKE, FROM VERIZON, WHO SERVED IN CONGRESS. OUR GUEST REPORTER, FROM POLITICO, KIM HART. >> A WANTED TO
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| 00:19:12 |
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SHIFT THE DISCUSSION TO SPECTRUM ISSUES. AS WE KNOW, THE SUPER COMMITTEE IS RIGHT NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ITS RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION,...
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| 00:19:42 |
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ARE THAT THE SUPER COMMITTEE, AS IT COMES UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, IF IT COMES UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONGRESS ON DEFICIT REDUCTION IT WILL INCLUDE...
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| 00:21:38 |
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PROFESSOR RECENTLY ARGUED IN THE HUFFINGTON POST IS NOT THE RIGHT APPROACH TO MAKE THE NETWORKS SELL SOME OF THEIR SPECTRUM BECAUSE IT WILL STIFLE INNOVATION....
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| 00:22:02 |
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IS LOOKING AT HOW TO ACHIEVE A BALANCE. I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE SOME SUPPORT IN THE SUPER COMMITTEE FOR NOT PROVIDING SOME UNLICENSED SPECTRUM. PART...
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| 00:22:56 |
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TOUCH ON THE AT&T AND T-MOBILE DEAL. LAST MONTH, VERIZON'S C.E.O. SAID AT THE DEAL HAD TO OCCUR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF SPECTRUM ON THE MARKET AND IT WAS...
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| 00:23:30 |
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IT. WE'RE TRYING TO STAY NEUTRAL. THE POINT HE WAS MAKING WAS THIS -- THAT WHAT DROVE THIS, THE MOTIVATION FOR THE TRANSACTION WAS SPECTRUM. IN ESSENCE,...
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| 00:24:17 |
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS SUED TO BLOCK THAT DEAL, WHAT KIND OF APPLICATIONS DOES THAT HAVE FOR THE OVERALL INDUSTRY GOING FORWARD, WHICH NEEDS MORE SPECTRUM,...
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| 00:24:33 |
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WHAT THE IMPLICATION WOULD BE AT THE DOJ OR FCC TURNING DOWN THE TRANSACTION. I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT COMPANIES WILL ADAPT TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES...
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| 00:25:37 |
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TO TOUCH ON THE OTHER LAWSUIT THAT VERIZON IS INVOLVED WITH OVER DATA ROAMING. CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT? >> THIS IS IN LARGE PART
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| 00:25:49 |
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A JURISDICTIONAL ISSUE. WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR TIME FRAME FOR ACTION BY THE COURT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE DEALT WHAT THE FCC TO HAVE AN UNLIMITED...
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| 00:26:22 |
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WAS BASICALLY A TELEPHONE COMPANY. TODAY IT. FIOS, WIRELESS -- TODAY IS FIOS, WIRELESS AND WIRELINE. HOW ABOUT 10 YEARS FROM NOW? >> WE ARE REGIONAL
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| 00:26:40 |
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AND NATIONAL COMPANY AND WE ARE BECOMING A GLOBAL COMPANY. WE ARE READY HAVE THE BEST CONNECTED GLOBAL INTERNET BACKBONE, THE PREMIER INTERNET BACKBONE....
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| 00:27:34 |
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THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR VERIZON FOR POLICY, AND KIM HART IS THE SENIOR TECHNOLOGY REPORTER FOR "POLITICO." >> THIS WEEKEND ON "BOOK
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.