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7:00 pm on January 30, 2013 · at&t (5), blair levin (9), deregulation (1), policy (40), pstn (2), regulation (5)

VIDEO: Regulation and the IP Transition @GeorgetownCBPP #evofreg

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On Wednesday, January 30 2013 the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy hosted a discussion Regulation and the IP Transition: Laying a Predicate for Growth at the National Press Club in Washington DC. Speakers included Blair Levin, and AT&T Policy SVP James Viccone. Video is below. No captions/transcript.


View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ahKge9e-9f0

Description: Broadband technologies power the country’s digital infrastructure and have become essential platforms for 21st century communications and commerce. One of the most important economic and policy issues facing the new administration is whether U.S. regulation of broadband platforms will help or hinder the kind of innovation, investment, competition and economic growth the country needs for economic prosperity. This event will explore whether moving from a network of switches to an all IP environment is necessary, and how regulators might create the right incentives for private investment.
Presentation: John Mayo, Professor, McDonough School of Business (slides)
Panel:
James W. Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T
Jennifer Fritzsche, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Securities
Blair Levin, Fellow, Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program/Executive Director Gig.U
Moderator: Carolyn Brandon, McDonough School of Business
Twitter: #evofreg

8:07 pm on January 11, 2013 · ALEC (2), at&t (5), broadband (121), Bruce Kushnick (4), community networks (67), craig settles (3), fcc (92), fiber (26), telecom (19)

Gigabit Nation interview with Bruce Kushnick on AT&T $14 Billion “Bait & Switch” #broadband #telecom #pstn #fcc #iptel #alec #att

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In a segment entitled ‘An AT&T $14 Billion Bait & Switch? Why You should Care‘ on December 13 2012 Craig Settles interviewed Bruce Kushnick of the New Networks Institute. on his Gigabit Nation Internet radio show.

Kushnick’s Law states:”A regulated company will always renege on promises to provide public benefits tomorrow in exchange for regulatory and financial benefits today.” In this interview he explains how AT&T’s recently announced plan to spend $14 billion to upgrade its network in exchange for a rescinding of regulation should be approached with skepticism, and how citizens and communities might respond to protect their interests.

2:28 am on May 11, 2011 · antitrust (3), at&t (5), us senate (3), USG (40)

Webcast: Senate Hearing on AT&T/T-Mobile merger – today May 11 10:15am #antitrust

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The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, has scheduled a hearing with the creative title: “The AT&T/T-Mobile Merger: Is Humpty Dumpty Being Put Back Together Again?” for Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:15 a.m. It will be webcast live. Giigi Sohn of Free Press will be among those speaking.

 

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12:26 am on March 16, 2011 · at&t (5), fcc (92), free press (4), open internet (25), public knowledge (8), spectrum (25)

Open Net advocates petition FCC to kill Qualcomm AT&T spectrum deal #broadband #fcc

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Open Internet advocates Free Press, Public Knowledge, Media Access Project, Consumers Union, and the New America Foundation have jointly petitioned the FCC that the proposed transfer of spectrum from Qualcomm to AT&T is not in the public interest and should be scuppered. The group recommend that, instead, the spectrum be made available to the public on an unlicensed basis.

3:11 am on December 9, 2009 · at&t (5), bell (1), broadbnad (1), citi (45), deployment (2), fcc (92), fiber (26), kushnick (2), oia (2), verizon (11)

New Networks addendum to CITI Report on Broadband Deployment

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FREE REPORT:
The History, Financial Commitments and Outcomes of Fiber Optic Broadband
Deployment in America: 1990-2004

The Wiring of Homes, Businesses, Schools, Libraries, Hospitals and
Government Agencies

READ THE REPORT: http://www.newnetworks.com/FCCCITIbroadband.pdf

The FCC tasked the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) to do “an
analysis of the public statements of companies as to their future plans to
deploy and upgrade broadband networks as well as an historical evaluation of
the relationship between previous such announcements and actual deployment”.
The FCC adds that the focus is on data analysis of “investment plans and
deployment figures of upgraded broadband infrastructure in this century.”

CITI’s historical evaluation only goes back to 2004. After talking to CITI
we decided to create a separate report to cover fiber optic promises for
the period of 1990-2004 because, in many states, the changes in state laws
are still on the books for deployments and there have been current rate
increases based on the previous fiber optic based-broadband deregulation.

It is clear that billions of dollars have already been collected in most
states for broadband upgrades of the Public Switched Telephone Networks, the
utilities. If it didn’t go into the ground in the form of fiber, where did
it all go?

Besides the raising of local rates now being diverted to other lines of
business, from FIOS and U-Verse to even wireless, there are the various
taxes and surcharges, including the state and federal Universal Service
funding or state based funds, such as the California Advanced Services Fund.

None of these funds have been examined as a group, much less in specifics.
If customers are still paying through local rates and tax perks to upgrade
the essential facilities, shouldn’t the FCC be investigating ALL funding
sources and then determining whether the issues, such as cross-subsidization
of the ‘interstate information products’ or giving USF funding to companies
who do not ‘need’ the money to be profitable, be examined before the FCC
determines it needs to raise the Universal Service fund or give other
financial incentives to pay for broadband?

The FCC claims it wants a data-driven policy. We supplied the data — It’s
now the FCC’s turn.

Report filed with the FCC: Docket Nos. 09-47, 09-51, 09-137
Contact: Bruce Kushnick, [email protected]

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