[Air-L] VIDEO: House hearing: Broadband: Deploying America’s 21st Century Infrastructure

[Joly MacFie]

This webcast just finished, but is available for review. One issue
recognized by the subcommittee is that earlier data, much of it supplied by
incumbents, was not accurate, and must be improved on. Brooklyn Rep. Yvette
Clarke is on the SubCommittee and took the opportunity to ask some pointed
questions about Gov. Cuomo's $500m broadband expansion plan
<https://nysbroadband.ny.gov/sites/default/files/phase_2_bidders_ppt_0.pdf>.
Not discussed much was 'broadband blight' - as copper rots in the ground or
on the pole, providers are postponing FTTX rollouts while they wait for 5G
to mature.


joly posted: "On Wednesday March 21 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives
Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
is holding a hearing - Broadband: Deploying America's 21st Century
Infrastructure - in Washington DC. The Subcomm"



[image: Energy + Commerce]On *Wednesday March 21 2017*, the *U.S. House of
Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology
<https://energycommerce.house.gov/subcommittees/communications-and-technology>*
is holding a hearing - *Broadband: Deploying America's 21st Century
Infrastructure
<https://energycommerce.house.gov/hearings-and-votes/hearings/broadband-deploying-americas-21st-century-infrastructure>*
- in Washington DC. The Subcommitteewill examine ways to eliminate barriers
to broadband infrastructure development. Members will look at draft
legislation to streamline the permitting and siting process at the federal
level to spur private sector investment and bring increased and more
efficient broadband across the country. Witnesses: Steven Berry, President
and CEO, Competitive Carriers Association; *LeRoy T. Carlson Jr*, CEO,
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. and Chairman, U.S. Cellular; *Michael
Conners* Sub-Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; *Bryan Darr*, CEO, Mosaik
Solutions; *Joanne S. Hovis*, President, CTC Technology and Energy; *Thomas
A. Murray*, Founder and Managing Member, Community Wireless Structures,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Wireless Infrastructure Association; *James
W. Stegeman*, President, CostQuest Associates, Inc. The hearing is being
webcast live via YouTube <https://youtu.be/_IgNzkRkDhw>.

*View on YouTube*: https://youtu.be/_IgNzkRkDhw
*Testimony & Legislation*: http://bit.ly/2na8580
*Twitter*: https://twitter.com/hashtag/subcommtech


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