Host the communicators is at the state of the net conference in washington, d. C. We are going to show you some of the interviews were conducted with members of congress, government officials and technology leaders. And now joining us on the communicators is susan ness. Commissioner ness, what were some of issues you dealt with back in the 90s when you are an fcc commissioner . Guest peter, was the golden age of the federal communications commission. We moved all of the length of the communications highways from analog to digital. So that was cable, broadcast, satellite. The satellites have been launched but with the service d not yet begun. We came up with the Digital Television standards which is radio standard. My First Commission meeting we did band plan. It was an extraordinary time. And we were just given Auction Authority so we began the first auction at which point they actually used the hand placards to bid. So it was an exciting time to be there, plus on top of all that we im
In the 1990s when you are the fcc commissioner . An it was the golden age of the federal communications commission. Were they moved all of the lanes from analognication to digital. , broadcast,le satellite. Satellite had been launched. Did we came up with the. Igital television standard my First Commission meeting it was an extraordinary time. We began the first option, at which part they used the hand pluckers. To be an exciting time there. Plus, on top of all of that, we implemented the 1996 telecom act , which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local and video. And also dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast, widening the ability to consolidate broadcast properly. Looking back 20 years later, did you get it right . Was the groundwork laid correctly . That wehe other thing did, which is so important and pan can appreciate lists appreciate this greatly, is the programming requirements for Childrens Television on broadcast. Some of it we got very
Commission, we moved all of the length from analog to digital. So that was cable, broadcast, satellite. The satellites have been launched but the service had not yet begun. We came up with a Digital Television standards, radio standards. My First Commission meeting, we did band plan and we were just getting auction authority. We begin the first auction at which point they used the hand placards to bid on. It was an exciting time to be there, plus on top of all that we implemented the 1996 telecom act which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local telepathy and video. And also dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast, widening the ability to consolidate broadcast propertie properties. Host looking back 20 years later, did you get it right . Did the groundwork laid correctly . Guest some of the did. Keep in mind the other thing we did which is so important, and cspan can appreciate this greatly, is Childrens Television programming, three hour require
Airlines, what have you. Theres two things that happen. Once a commission interests itself in a particular area, puts a sign out that says open for business, which is basically what we did when we did the open Internet Order, right . What happens . Firms realize, oh, i dont get to make money looking at customers and making investments, i make money by going to the regulators and getting them to favor me and disfavor others. The phrase economists use for this is rent seeking. And thats what it does, it opens up rent seeking. For 30 years we never had any complaints about interconnection. Since 2010 weve had a number of complaints. Why . Open for business. The second thing that happens, and this is, i think, the most dangerous part of it, is even though the commissioners may say, well, we want to limit how much we regulate, okay . That wont happen. They will be under constant pressure to expand the regulatory writ. And weve seen this happen now. Level iii, for example, in 2010 said lets
In this nation of ours we always believed and we believe in the American Dream that if you work hard and play by the rules you out to be able to do well that we live in an america where few work hard and play by the rules you will have mounting debt and stagnating wages. This is not the land of opportunity. This is growing to be the land of economic stagnation and being stuck and we believe in our country and we love our country in the thing we love about it is you can come here and make something of yourself and we are living in the days that no matter how hard you work thats getting more difficult every day. Aint that something to start a conversation about . Thats a conversation starter. [applause] we have to talk to the people out there. We have to talk to each other and we need to do it in a systematic way. We have got to do it in a fervent way. We have got to do it in a smart way and im telling you the wind is at our backs. You see the republicans the conservative side has a very