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Universal Service: Transforming the High-Cost Fund for the Broadband Era

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Forget Urban-Rural Broadband Digital Divide, What About the Rural-Rural Broadband Divide?

Submitted: June 28, 2010 - 4:48pm
Last updated: November 29, 2010 - 11:42am
Location:
Senate Commerce Committee, Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
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Hearing Summary - Universal Service: Transforming the High-Cost Fund for the Broadband Era

Submitted: June 24, 2010 - 9:02pm
Last updated: November 29, 2010 - 11:42am
Location:
Senate Commerce Committee, Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Recommendation:
3

On June 24, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on transforming the Universal Service Fund from its traditional role of lowing monthly telephone bills to supporting broadband deployment and adoption.

Big Cable Lobby: USF for Broadband Must Be "Tailored"

Submitted: June 23, 2010 - 9:00pm
Last updated: November 29, 2010 - 11:42am
Location:
Senate Commerce Committee, Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Recommendation:
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The Senate Commerce Committee will hear from National Cable & Telecommunications Association President Kyle McSlarrow and three of the five members of the Federal Communications Commission June 24 as the committee ponders migrating the Universal Service Fund to broadband.

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Date: Jun 24 2010 - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location:
Senate Commerce Committee, Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE Russell Senate Office Building - 253 , Washington, DC, 20002, United States

Universal Service: Transforming the High-Cost Fund for the Broadband Era

Senate Commerce Committee
Jun 24 2010
10:00 AM

Witness Panel 1
The Honorable Michael J. Copps
Federal Communications Commission

The Honorable Mignon Clyburn
Federal Communications Commission

The Honorable Meredith Atwell Baker
Federal Communications Commission

Witness Panel 2
Mr. Jeff Gardner
Chief Executive Officer
Windstream Communications

Mr. Delbert Wilson
General Manager
Hill Country Telephone Cooperative

Mr. John Gockley
Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs
US Cellular Corporation

Mr. Paul Waits
President
Ritter Communications

Mr. Kyle McSlarrow
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Cable and Telecommunications Association

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