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Minute to explain. Everyone will probably remember that mitt romney promised in 2012 that the first thing hewas going to do on his first day of in office was to defund obamacare. But maybe you dont remember what he said, the second thing he was going to do. He was going to defund both the national endowment, that was the second thing was going to do on his first day in office. These endowments are in the sights of the republicans because they would like to get rid of them. Mister chairman, this ...

All of our infrastructure is wireline based. So that has been a good thing in the context of throughput for broadband speeds because you are not paying for data bits based on usage. We just acquired three Additional Properties in florida and california and texas where we bought some of the fios assets from verizon and we have lightningfast speeds with lots of content and choice for consumers. Host how big is frontier . Guest we are the fourth largest teleco. I think a tshgt t and verizon a am no...

Guest we created a digital freeforall in that bill where every company could do anything. That telescoped the time frame that it took in order to deploy fiber all across our country to create the capacity so that all of these new companies could get created so that words like google and hulu and youtube are are part of the culture today. But they were impossible to be created before the act. So we got a lot right. Nothing is perfect. But one thing we did do was we moved not only our own country,...

We got a lot right, nothing is perfect. But one thing we did do was move not only our own country but the world from analog to digital. If you living in india or china in a using the words that were created including twitter or facebook that would not be possible without that bill. What we got right is, we worked together. Fortunately, we had a very strong friendship prior to that, as he did to other members of the committee. I think we asked the right questions. I think it was our sincere desir...

Auction task force. Mr. Epstein, what does that mean . Guest thank you, peter. Im happy to be here. I am the head of the task force at the fcc which is responsible for implementing the incentive auction which is a firsttimeever auction at the fcc for spectrum. Host and the incentive auction is the auction, the spectrum auctions involving the broadcasters, correct . Guest indeed, it is. It is whats called a twosided auction which for the very first time will acquire spectrum from broadcasters in ...

We are live for the 18th year in a row from florida for the miami book international. That is a few of the affairs. Coming up, an interview with gary epstein, and then a discussion on the u. S. Mexico border and then a discussion on irans role in the middle east after the Nuclear Agreement with the international community. Cspan, brought to you by your local cable or Satellite Service provider. Host now on the the communicators, we want to introduce you to gary epstein, he is fair of the Fcc Inc...

Fraction of a second. As the seat comes out and hits the wind blast, it begins to decelerate. If you wait just a fraction of a second before you put that main chute out, the seat has decelerated enough so when the force of the parachute comes out isnt as severe. To get to that solution, we are putting a switch on the side of the ejection seat, so when the pilot climbs up into the cockpit, can set that at heavyweight or lightweight. There are a number of ways we could have solved that problem. We...

Senator as chair of the joint board in the february open internet decision, the commission expressly extended the referral to the joint board. As you probably know under section 254 of the law, assessment for universal service is on the basis of interstate Telecommunication Services. And we are charged with making sure that that fund has specific, predictable, and sufficient support. The joint board is tasked with trying to figure out how to update that support mechanism, but the underlying term...

Implementations use Market Forces to make available more low band spectrum to me wireless broadband needs. There is not an lot of good low band of spectrum left. This is a new method congress has put in place to implement. Eastern on at 8 00 cspan two. Thehis morning, a look at current status of the federal budget and options for addressing sequester cuts. The Wilson Center discussion on the buildup by the Russian Military in syria. Later, david martin talks about the federal agencies involved i...

We need them most. Second, universal access. No matter who you are or where you live in this country, for a fair shot at 21st century prosperity, you need accesccess firstrate modern communications. That means we need policies that foster deployment and adoption in urban areas, rural areas and in between. Third, competition. Competition increases innovation and lowers prices. Fourth, Consumer Protection. Communication services are multiplying, but the marketplace is also bewildering to navigate....