<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px"><a href="https://isoc.live/20416" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit"><img class="gmail-alignright gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-20418" src="https://i0.wp.com/isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/fcc-1996act.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1" alt="ISOC LIVE" width="300" height="169" style="box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: right; margin-left: 1.5em;"></a><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlg8We3ePxcPrVmvRR5xZ_4z4vp7y5KTM" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">VIDEO</a> | <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/153683814/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">RECAP</a> | <a href="https://archive.org/details/fcc-1996act" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">ARCHIVE</a> | <a href="https://isoc.live/20416" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">PERMALINK</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px">On <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">March 17, 2026</span> the <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">Federal Communications Commission</a></span> (FCC) hosted ‘<span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2026/03/30th-anniversary-96-act-webinar-what-did-we-learn" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">30th Anniversary of the 96 Act Webinar – What Did We Learn?</a></span>‘. Three panel conversations featured communications and technology policy expert<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>s that lived through the creation and implementation of the <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">Telecommunications Act of 1996</a></span>.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px">The Congressional passage of the Act, and the subsequent FCC implementation, was the last major effort by the federal government to construct a new regulatory framework for the technology, media, and telecommunications sector., serving to drive competition, innovation, and investment into faster, better, and cheaper technology, and to increased economic growth and expanded connectivity for consumers.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px">At a moment when innovation is accelerating at an ever-increasing pace, the critical issues regulators currently face include artificial intelligence, media, competition, convergence, access, and cybersecurity, the purpose of these panels is to consider how the lessons from 30 years ago can be used to drive innovation and competition for the benefit of consumers today.</p><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0.8em 0px 0.4em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:1.4em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(51,51,51)">01 Opening Remarks – Brendan Carr</h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Brendan Carr</span> – Chair, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://youtu.be/SB-y3roRVzU" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">VIDEO</a> | <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/01_Brendan_Carr.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">AUDIO</a> | RECAP <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/01_Brendan_Carr.EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">EN</a> / <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/01_Brendan_Carr.ES.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">ES</a> /<a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/01_Brendan_Carr.FR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit"> FR</a></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0.8em 0px 0.4em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:1.4em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(51,51,51)">02 Introduction – Anna M. Gomez</h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Anna M. Gomez</span> – Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://youtu.be/FEhOSoUeYWM" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">VIDEO</a> | <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/02_Anna_M_Gomez.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">AUDIO</a> | RECAP <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/02_Anna_M_Gomez.EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">EN</a> / <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/02_Anna_M_Gomez.ES.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">ES</a> /<a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/02_Anna_M_Gomez.FR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit"> FR</a></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0.8em 0px 0.4em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:1.4em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(51,51,51)">03 Panel 1: The Legislative Process That Led to the Act</h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Katie King</span> – Former Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Gina Keeney</span> – Founder, Keeney Consulting<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">John Windhausen Jr.</span> – President, Telepoly<br style="box-sizing:inherit">Moderator: <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">John T. Nakahata</span> – Partner, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://youtu.be/W8lty92AbFk" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">VIDEO</a> | <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/03_The_Legislative_Process.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">AUDIO</a> | RECAP <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/03_The_Legislative_Process.EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">EN</a> / <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/03_The_Legislative_Process.ES.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">ES</a> /<a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/03_The_Legislative_Process.FR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit"> FR</a></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0.8em 0px 0.4em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:1.4em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(51,51,51)">04 Panel 2: FCC Implementation of the Act</h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">ichard Metzger</span> – Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Richard Welch</span> – Senior Counsel, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Greg Rosston</span> – Director, Stanford Public Policy Program<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Christopher J. Wright</span> – Partner, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP<br style="box-sizing:inherit">Moderator: <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Ruth Milkman</span> – Founding Partner, Quadra Partners LLC<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://youtu.be/dkfv44VJaBU" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">VIDEO</a> | <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/04_FCC_Implementation.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">AUDIO</a> | RECAP <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/04_FCC_Implementation.EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">EN</a> / <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/04_FCC_Implementation.ES.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">ES</a> /<a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/04_FCC_Implementation.FR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit"> FR</a></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0.8em 0px 0.4em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:1.4em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(51,51,51)">05 Panel 3: Today’s Challenges</h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Robert Pepper </span>– Senior Fellow, Global Digital Inclusion Partnership<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Howard Shelanski</span> – Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Robert M. McDowell</span> – Partner, Cooley LLP<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Tom Wheeler</span> – Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institution<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Moderatot: Anna M. Gomez</span> – Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://youtu.be/SXDdRjvfaS4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">VIDEO</a> | <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/05_Todays_Challenges.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">AUDIO</a> | RECAP <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/05_Todays_Challenges.EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">EN</a> / <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/05_Todays_Challenges.ES.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">ES</a> /<a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/05_Todays_Challenges.FR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit"> FR</a></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0.8em 0px 0.4em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:1.4em;line-height:1.25;color:rgb(51,51,51)">06 Closing Remarks – Anna M. Gomez</h2><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:15px"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700">Anna M. Gomez</span> – Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)<br style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700"><a href="https://youtu.be/X0IJ7wUx0-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">VIDEO</a> | <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/06_Closing_Remarks.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">AUDIO</a> | RECAP <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/06_Closing_Remarks.EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">EN</a> / <a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/06_Closing_Remarks.ES.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit">ES</a> /<a href="https://archive.org/download/fcc-1996act/06_Closing_Remarks.FR.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(29,66,137);box-sizing:inherit"> FR</a></span></p><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>-----------------------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