Updated: Universal Service: Reforming the High-Cost Fund
Follow up on this event's outcomes through the related Headlines linked below to or skip to the event data.
Event Details
This event has passed.
Date: Mar 12 2009 - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Universal Service: Reforming the High-Cost Fund
House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 12, 2009
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
The hearing will examine aspects of the Universal Service Fund, possible reforms to the High Cost program, and the growing demand for advanced services including broadband and mobility in high cost areas of the country.
The following witnesses have been invited to testify:
- LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., Chairman of the Board, U.S. Cellular
- Steve Davis, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations, Qwest Corporation
- Mark Gailey, President and General Manager, Totah Communications
- Tom Gerke, Chief Executive Officer, Embarq
- Gregory A. Hale, General Manager, Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
- Joel E. Lubin, Vice President, Public Policy, AT&T
- Tom Tauke, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Policy & Communications, Verizon
- Derek Turner, Research Director, Free Press
- Scott Wallsten, Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow, The Technology Policy Institute
Browse
ICALRelated
- Universal Service: Transforming the High-Cost Fund for the Broadband Era
- Hearing: Universal Service
- Hearing: Images Kids See on the Screen
- Joint Hearing On Exploring The Offline And Online Collection And Use Of Consumer Information
- Behavioral Advertising: Industry Practices and Consumers' Expectations
- Reforming Universal Service: What Should Be Done And How To Do It
- Reforming Universal Service: What Should Be Done And How To Do It
- A National Interoperable Broadband Network For Public Safety
- How to Create a More Efficient Broadband Universal Service Program by Incorporating Demand and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
- Video Competition in a Digital Age
- ECPA Reform and the Revolution in Location Based Technologies and Services
- Vote on FCC Reform Legislation
- Hearing On The Universal Service Reform Act Of 2009
- Review of Rural Broadband Programs
- House Commerce Committee DTV Markup