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Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
AND BETSY STERN CONFERENCE CENTER HERE AT HUDSON INSTITUTE FOR TODAY'S EVENT, THE FUTURE OF RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE FOUNDATION...
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| 00:03:06 |
Crocker, Elizabeth - Executive Director
YOU SO MUCH, KEN. WELCOME, EVERYONE, AGAIN. I WAS LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM EARLIER AND THINKING WE HAVE SUCH A VARIETY OF FOLKS HERE. IT IS REALLY...
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| 00:05:49 |
Kuttner, Hanns - Visiting Fellow
DISCUSSION WITH A PANEL AND IF YOU WANT TO JOIN IN ON THAT, YOU CAN DO SO VIA TWITTER #TELECOME CON SUMMIT OR VIA E-MAIL AT HUDSON.ORG, AND WE'LL...
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| 00:32:44 |
Q&A, -
PAPER OR ANYTHING HERE BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE PANEL, SUBMITTING QUESTIONS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DOING THAT VIA TWITTER AND ALSO VIA E-MAIL TO...
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| 00:33:59 |
Kuttner, Hanns - Visiting Fellow
THIS CHART IMPLIES OR NOT? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> THE TAX ON MY, WHAT'S URBAN AND WHAT'S RURAL TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS IN THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION...
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| 00:38:17 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
THANK YOU, HANNS FOR THE FASCINATING PRESENTATION. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE PAPER AGAIN, IT IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.HUDSON.ORG AND I AM...
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| 00:39:46 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
KENNETH. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND, WE DO WORK, ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING, BOTH WIRELESS AND WIRELINE FOR ABOUT 25% OR SO OF...
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| 00:51:16 |
Laudeman, Greg - Executive Director
LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO ELIZABETH AND TO KEN AND POTENTIAL TO HANS FOR LETTING ME -- INVITING ME TO COME AND SHARE SOME OF MY INSIGHTS AFTER A DECADE...
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| 00:58:16 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
YOU AND LARRY HAVE REALLY SET THE STAGE WITH SOME VERY GOOD PRESENTATIONS, LOOKING INTO THE DEEPER IMPLICATIONS OF THE BROADBAND GAP AND WHAT NEEDS...
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| 00:59:43 |
Furchtgott-Roth, Harold - Director
AND THANK YOU, HANS FOR A WONDERFUL PAPER. I LEARNED A LOT. I'M SURE EVERYONE WILL. AND IT HIGHLIGHTS THIS GROWING DIVIDE BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL AMERICA...
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| 01:09:58 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
THOSE CHARACTERISTICALLY INSIGHTFUL AND THOUGHT PROVOKING REMARKS. OUR LAST SPEAKER THIS MORNING IS ELIZABETH CROCKER, WHOM YOU MET EARLIER, WHO...
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| 01:10:11 |
Crocker, Elizabeth - Executive Director
HAROLD'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I DO BEST, AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT. WE'VE ALLUDED TO IT THROUGHOUT...
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| 01:13:01 |
Q&A, -
CAN JOIN US AND ASK SOME GOOD QUESTIONS FOR OUR GROUP HERE. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, ELIZABETH. HAROLD'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, BUT YOU'VE CERTAINLY...
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| 01:13:19 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT FIRST YOU CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS VIA TWITTER, # TELECOM ECON SUMMIT AND BY QUESTIONS S QUESTION@HUDSON.ORG AS WELL. LET...
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| 01:14:09 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
PROBABLY EVEN TAKE THAT ONE STEP FARTHER AND SAY WITHOUT -- DO I NEED TO PUSH THE BUTTON OR ANYTHING? >> NO, YOU'RE GOOD ON HERE. >> WITHOUT SOME SORT...
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| 01:15:27 |
Laudeman, Greg - Executive Director
THINK THAT THE ANSWER IS YES, THAT THE GAP WILL INCREASE PARTICULARLY AS TECHNOLOGY MOVES FORWARD. BUT MY FEELING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE...
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| 01:17:38 |
Furchtgott-Roth, Harold - Director
IT'S HASHD TORD TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE AND SEE THE GAP SHRINKING, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. I LOOK 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO AND ASKED WHETHER THERE WAS A GAP BETWEEN...
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| 01:18:35 |
Crocker, Elizabeth - Executive Director
THE THINS THAT'S FRUSTRATING FOR ME IS I SEE SOME OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS AND THEY'RE BEING REALLY INNOVATIVE AND DOING INTERESTING THINS....
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| 01:19:06 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
OF MAGNITUDE. WHEN YOU'RE CONSTRUCTING THESE SMALLER COMMUNITIES OR A CITY, YOU CAN OFTENTIMES DO THAT FOR 3,000 TO 5,000 PER LOCATION. SOMETIMES THESE...
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| 01:23:30 |
Furchtgott-Roth, Harold - Director
HAROLD? >> I'M LETTING HAROLD TAKE THIS. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN, AND IT WILL BE HARD ONCE I GET STARTED TO KNOW WHERE TO END. ...
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| 01:25:42 |
Laudeman, Greg - Executive Director
THERE, AS HAROLD POINTS OUT, THEY ARE HUGE BARRIERS TO INNOVATION. >> LET ME JUST MENTION ALSO AS FAR AS THE ORDER GOES, NOT
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| 01:25:54 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
ONLY DID IT ACCELERATE THAT DECLINE IN SUPPORT THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER SO THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THESE BROADBAND...
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| 01:27:04 |
Furchtgott-Roth, Harold - Director
REGRESSION ANALYSIS CHANGES BY THE QUARTER OR THE YEAR. THERE'S NO CERTAINTY THAT WHATEVER REGRESSION ANALYSIS THE COMMISSION IS WORKING ON TODAY IS...
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| 01:28:02 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THESE COMPANIES TO GO OUT AND SECURE CAPITAL TO INVEST EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO. NO LENDER, EVEN INCLUDING RUS RIGHT NOW SEEMSES...
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| 01:30:44 |
Furchtgott-Roth, Harold - Director
WIDESPREAD 4-G BROADBAND SPEEDS FOR WIRELESS SERVICES DEING DEPLOYED. ALL OF THAT'S GREAT AND THE MARKET CAN AND WILL ACCOMMODATE THAT. HOW FAR THAT...
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| 01:31:21 |
Crocker, Elizabeth - Executive Director
PAPER FOR THE FOUNDATION CALLED WIRELESS MEETS WIRESES A FEW YEAR AGO. WE CAN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE HERE. IT'S ACTUALLY A FANTASTIC PIECE AS...
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| 01:31:37 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
E-MAIL. FROM RON HEINZ. HIS POINT IS THAT UNIVERSAL SERVICE IS NOT A BUDGET ITEM AND SOME SAY URBAN POPULATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE, HAYES PUTS IT, TIRE...
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| 01:31:58 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
IMPRESSION? >> RON BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT. BECAUSE I THINK OFTENTIMES YOU LOOK AT THESE SUPPORT MECHANISMS AND PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AS IT'S ANOTHER TAX...
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| 01:33:17 |
Furchtgott-Roth, Harold - Director
WHAT RON IS REFERRING TO IS THE FEDERAL UNIVERSE FUND USER FEE THAT IS ATTACHED TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE CENTERS, INTERSTATE TELECOMMUNICATION...
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| 01:35:13 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
MECHANISM. >> ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE? LET ME ASK A QUESTION. THERE SEEMS TO BE TWO KINDS OF BROADBAND GAPS IN THIS COUNTRY. ONE IS THE RURAL...
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| 01:35:57 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
SAID, IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT, TYPICALLY YOU'RE SERVED BY EITHER FIBER OR VERY SHORT COPPER LOOPS. THE SHORT COPPER LOOPS, YOU CAN GET REASONABLY...
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| 01:36:53 |
Crocker, Elizabeth - Executive Director
ABOUT POPULATION DENSITY TODAY IN RURAL AREAS BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHIC BARERS THAT TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIESES FACE....
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| 01:37:34 |
Laudeman, Greg - Executive Director
MUCH TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE. IT'S A BUSINESS MODEL CHALLENGE. NOT ONLY DID SOME TECHNOLOGIES WORK BETTER IN URBAN AREAS THAN RURAL AREAS BUT SOME BUSINESS...
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| 01:38:32 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
BACK IN THE '30s WHEN A LOT OF THESE FARMING NETWORKS WERE PUT TOGETHER, THEY WERE RUNNING TELEPHONE LINES ON THEIR BARBED WIRE FENCES AND STUFF TO GET...
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| 01:40:15 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
GOING TO BE AND WHAT THIS IMPLIES FOR THE URBAN/RURAL GAP. A DECADE AGO THE ASSESSMENTS LOOKED AT COMPARISON OF SPEEDS AVAILABLE FROM DIAL UP NOW WE...
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| 01:43:07 |
Laudeman, Greg - Executive Director
OUR WIRELESS SPECTRUM, PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE MORE WHITE SPACE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS FIBER IS ALWAYS...
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| 01:43:50 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
IS HOVERING OVER THE DISCUSSION TO SOME DEGREE. I THINK OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS WE'VE SEEN THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED CHANGES...
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| 01:45:54 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
AS FAR AS INNOVATIONS THAT WE COULD POTENTIAL SEE ON THE HORIZON THAT'S GOING TO BE A GAIL CHANGER, ONE THING YOU GOT TO REALIZE IS WE'RE NOT GOING...
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| 01:48:02 |
Furchtgott-Roth, Harold - Director
LOOK AT IN TECHNOLOGICAL TERMS IN A FEW YEARS. I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO ANTICIPATE TEN YEARS AGO. TECHNOLOGY IS OBVIOUSLY CHANGING VERY RAPIDLY. IN...
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| 01:49:18 |
Crocker, Elizabeth - Executive Director
INVESTED IN APPLE NOT SO LONG AGO WE WOULD BE MUCH WEALTHIER AND IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO. WHATEVER THE NEXT BIG THING, FOUR MEGABYTESITS IS NOT GOING...
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| 01:50:08 |
Kuttner, Hanns - Visiting Fellow
OR URBAN AND THAT'S ONLY ONE METRIC THAT YOU EVER. WHAT WE SAW IN THOSE DENSITY GRAPHS IS A ONE LITTLE LINE DOESN'T CAPTURE IT. A BIG PART OF THE GABP...
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| 01:50:56 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
CAN TELL ME THAT I'M RIGHT AND I'LL SIT DOWN. >> I AGREE. WHEN YOU GET A CLUSTER OF HOMES, IT MIGHT BE A TOWN RATHER THAN THE 2500 POPULATION, IF IT...
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| 01:51:38 |
Laudeman, Greg - Executive Director
ARE DIFFERENT. . >> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TECHNOLOGIES ARE, BUT THEY'RE COMING. RURAL AREA, YOU MIGHT SAY WHERE DO THEY FIT IN? THERE'S HUGE SEAS OF...
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| 01:53:03 |
Furchtgott-Roth, Harold - Director
ABOUT HOW WE DO THIS TOO. >> YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. IN CONCENTRATED TOWNS AND RURAL AMERICA WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A HOSPITAL OR LARGE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION,...
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| 01:53:57 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
THAT? >> LET ME ASK ONE LAST QUESTION. IF THERE'S ONE THING YOU COULD CHANGE, WHAT WOULD EACH YOU HAVE DO IF THERE'S ONE POLICY YOU COULD CHANGE? >>...
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| 01:54:21 |
Furchtgott-Roth, Harold - Director
ON THE POLICY SIDE. >> THERE'S SO MUCH I WOULD CHANGE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD
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| 01:54:33 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
BEGIN. >> FROM A HIGH LEVEL I THINK I SAID IT WHEN I GAVE MY OPENING REMARKS IS THAT WE NEED TO MIGRATE FROM THESE SMALL CARRIERS FROM A VOICE CENTRIC...
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| 01:55:28 |
Laudeman, Greg - Executive Director
OUT. >> IF I HAD MY MAGIC WAND AND COULD WAVE IT, I WOULD WISH FOR A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DRIVEN BY COMPANIES FROM GOOGLE AND APPLE AND AMAZON...
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| 01:56:55 |
Crocker, Elizabeth - Executive Director
TRANSFORMANT. >> I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO WHOLE CHANGING POLICY OR DIRECTING POLICY, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYONE IN WASHINGTON TO UNDERSTAND THAT FOLKS...
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| 01:57:38 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
A COUPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. HOW MUCH MONEY IN THE 2009 RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN RURAL
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| 01:57:57 |
Thompson, Larry - Chief Executive Officer
BROADBAND? SILENCE. >> THERE'S $7.2 BILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO TELECOM RELATED PROJECTS. AS FAR AS THE BREAKDOWN, IT WOULD BE MORE THAN HALF -- I'VE...
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| 01:58:47 |
Furchtgott-Roth, Harold - Director
THAT? >> THE PREMISE OF THE STIMULUS IS YOU COULD HAVE A ONE TIME INFUSION OF CAPITAL. MAYBE SOME OF THAT COULD HAVE WORKED. THERE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY...
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| 02:00:46 |
Laudeman, Greg - Executive Director
OF LEAKING BETWEEN D.C. AND THE RURAL AREAS? YES, THERE WAS A LOT OF LEAKING. THE KEY ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE, THAT'S...
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| 02:02:12 |
Weinstein, Kenneth R. - Chief Executive Officer
BEEN A EXTRAORDINARY DISCUSSION. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HERE AT HUDSON FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM...
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THE GREAT
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.