1. Monthly archive
  2. September 2008

September 2008

Broadband Summit: Connecting America
FCC-NARUC Joint Conference on Advanced Services

November 6, 2008, Noon to 5:15 PM
Atherton Room, Fairmont Hotel, 170 S. Market Street, San Jose, California
(in conjunction w/ Wireless Communications Association Symposium and Business Expo)

Introduction of Mayor Reed: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin

Welcoming Remarks: 12:00-12:10 PM
Mayor Chuck Reed, City of San Jose

Opening Statements of Members of Joint Conference: 12:10-12:30 PM
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin
FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate
State Commissioner Larry Landis (IN)
State Commissioners Rachelle Chong (CA), Mark Johnson (AK), Krista Tanner (IA)

Opening Statement of NARUC Telecommunications Committee Chair:
Commissioner Ray Baum (OR)

Legislative Update: Broadband Mapping Bill 12:30 - 1:00 PM
Drew Clark, Executive Director, Broadband Census

Presentation: The Future of Broadband 1:00 - 1:30 PM
Daniel Ballon, Ph.D, Policy Fellow, Technology Studies, Pacific Research Institute

Presentation: Supply and Demand-Side Drivers of Broadband Deployment and Adoption 1:30 to 2:00 PM
Thomas M. Koutsky, Resident Scholar, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies

Presentation: White Spaces: Access to the Future 2:00-2:20 PM
Douglas Garland, Vice President, Product Management, Google

Break: 2:20 - 2:30 PM

Panel 1: Great Broadband Initiatives 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Commissioner Sharon Gillett, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable, presenting on Massachusetts Broadband Initiative
Michael Ramage, Executive Director, presenting on Connected Tennessee
Steve Constantine, Director, GCI Medical Services, presenting on the Alaska Telehealth Project
Jon Christensen, presenting on Open Range Communications

Panel 2: California Broadband Initiatives 3:30 - 4:30 PM
California Broadband Task Force: Joe Camicia, Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief Information Officer
California Advanced Service Fund: CPUC Commissioner Rachelle Chong
California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF): Susan Walters, Senior Vice President

California Broadband Projects:
1. Stride Center - Barrie Hathaway, Executive Director
2. The ACME Network - Dave Master, Program Director, John Perry, Development Director
3. Pixley Connect - Dejeune Shelton, Senior Project Manager, and Maria Velasquez,
Project Coordinator

Demonstration: California Telehealth Network 4:30-5:15 PM
Dr. Thomas S. Nesbitt, MD MPH, Executive Associate Dean, UC Davis Health System, describes the California Telehealth Network, a grantee of FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Project, and demonstrates live telehealth application.

Reception 5:30 - 7 PM - By Invitation Only
Reception sponsored by Google, TechNet and Wireless Communications Association

For additional information, contact Matt Nodine at (202) 418-1646 or Matthew.Nodine@fcc.gov; or Robert Kenny at (202) 418-2668 or Robert.Kenny@fcc.gov.


Meeting on Broadband Policy to be Held by the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services

The Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services will hold a meeting on broadband policy Thursday, November 6, 2008 at the Wireless Communications Association International's 14th Annual Symposium and Business Expo at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California

Broadband for Everyone, Everywhere

[Commentary] To harness broadband's power and potential, what's needed is a new commitment to making this critical medium as universal as telephones are today. What's needed is a fundamental shift in the federal, universal service policy from supporting analog, narrowband, telephone communications to supporting digital broadband communications. But let's not just rely on universal service reform. What's needed, I believe, is a national broadband strategy to guide us from where we are today to our fully-realized, digital communications future.

Think Tank Shuns Free Nationwide Wireless Plan

In light of the Federal Communications Commission's recent proposal to auction 25 megahertz of spectrum on condition it be used for a free national wireless network offering filtered content run by a single provider, Institute for Policy Innovation, a think tank, believes this could turn into "a government-fashioned, government-favored firm in the tradition of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." The author of "Should the U.S.

Net neutrality: An American problem?

The leaders of three of Australia's largest ISP's have declared the Network Neutrality debate as solely a U.S. problem -- and further, that the nation that pioneered the Internet might want to study the Australian market for clues as to how to solve the dilemma.

Media company deal chances few: Liberty's Malone

Liberty Media Chairman John Malone on Friday said few opportunities exist to buy media companies right now, even with stock prices badly depressed across much of the industry. The media mogul and well-known dealmaker said one reason is the credit crunch, which has put the breaks on dealmaking. What's more, the presence of private equity and controlling families in the media business mean low stock prices don't necessarily open the door to dealmaking.

Google seeks patent to break mobile subscriber shackles

In Google's plan, cell phone users would enjoy greater freedom from carriers' rules, without the hassle of termination fees, phone number transfers, or new-handset purchases. The system would require end-users to have mobile devices that can operate on different types of networks, including Wi-Fi and the various incompatible cellular technologies, as well as multiple operator networks.

Benton Editorial

Putting the Public Interest Back Into Communications Part II: Broadband for Everyone, Everywhere

Putting the Public Interest Back Into Communications Part II:
Broadband for Everyone, Everywhere

Charles Benton

An invitation to speak at the annual conference of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, has me thinking about defining our communications goals for the next Administration.

T.S. Eliot wrote:
Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in the past

© 1994-2024 Benton Institute for Broadband & Society. All Rights Reserved.