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Public service by americas Cable Television companies. And is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. At this hearing on the fcc budget, topics include Net Neutrality and expanding Broadband Internet access. Mr. Pai and commissioners testify. Minutes. Hour and 25 sen. Capito i think well go ahead and start. My Ranking Member, senator coons will be here shortly. I will go ahead and make my statement and then we can begin testimony. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. I appreciate it. Commissioner pai, personally id like to thank you for your comments last week about t...

We also have to think about security, cybersecurity with all of that connectivity. Finally making sure we dont exhaust i. P. Addresses. I think all of those things play into the internet of things and will be really important Going Forward. Guest the fact of the matter, youve got two agencies primary in this space, with us being Expert Agency when it comes to telecommunications platforms and the like and we have to recognize and i believe the way the world is evolving. Once upon a time you know, you two are still wedded to paper and i am, i am surprised i dont have it in front of me and thats ...

Inot of that conversation our airwaves would take place under unlicensed spectrums, something the cable industry has been at the forefront of, particularly with the work on the five gigahertz band. Going forward, i think there will be four issues, not all of which are under fcc per view, but the first definitely is, and that is spectrum and freeing up more airwaves to support the internet of things. The second is privacy, which my colleague just touched on. We also have to think about that security, with all of connectivity, and finally, making sure we do not exhaust ip addresses. I think all ...

Host this become the communicators a look at some of the issues that will be faced by the Tech Community, congress and the federal government in 2016. We have a roundtable of working reporters to talk with. Cory bennett is what the hell on the cover cybersecurity there are, Kate Tummarello works for politico and covers technology and lydia beyoud with bloomberg where she covers telecommunications. Lydia beyoud one of the big issues coming up are the spectrum auctions in march. Guest march 29 is the official kickoff day for broadcasters. They will be looking to go out of business or possibly ch...

First, strengthen competition, and advance innovation. At the top of that list is the agencys vote last month that will make it easier for consumers to buy a settop box or an app from someone other than their cable company. Is Technology Neutral proposal means that any company will be able to manufacture a settop box or design an app and sell it to consumers. Should a consumer wish to continue renting their settop box from their paytv provider, they can. No one is going to take it away from them. I dont know if theres that much of a love affair with a settop box i that if they wantt they can k...