The Public Safety inspector implement implementedone of the last remaining recommendations for the 9 11 commission and created a nationwide interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network for First Responders. It also provided new authority to the fcc to conduct incentive options with purpose of alleviating the spectrum crunch fuelled by the evergrowing demand for mobile Broadband Service and providing a down payment for Public Safety network. Overall the new law will help drive our National Economic growth while keeping the American People save through state of the Art Communications infrastructure for Public Safety. The act was the result of months of bicameral bipartisan negotiations that included many elements of compromise. The federal Communications Commission is now grappling with several of these areas and i would like to highlight two in particular. The first is on license spectrum. Unlicensed spectrum has been an incredible economic success story. Innovative Services Like wifi
Entry. So you did not tested prior to october 1 . No, sir. Again that hearing you can see in its entirety tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. And yesterday the house energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and Technology Held a hearing on wired communications and internet protocolbased networks. Some of the topics discussed include the telecommunication laws surrounding those networks as well as the impact of Communications Advancements on consumers and businesses. This is a little more than two hours. [inaudible conversations] we will call the subcommitsubcommit tee on communications and technology to order and begin our hearing on the evolution of wired Communications Networks. Wired Communications Networks have come a long way since the days of the telegraph or the rotary phone. It is getting harder and harder to remember at a time when you wanted to reach out and touch someone ma bell twisted copper wires were the only option. Todays consumers have so many more optio
We will continue to update you as more details become available. The senate is out this week so on cspan2 we are going to bring live coverage of a number of events including a house hearing at 10 30 that examines the future of why your Communication Networks and how Technological Advancements could impact consumers and businesses. Host host welcome back. We are joined by congressman joe barton, a republican member of the house energy and commerce committee. Thank you for joining us. Later this week the committee will have the first hearing on the web site healthcare. Gov. Tell us what are your biggest questions . Guest my biggest question is why they put that much money into something that flat out doesnt work. Theres been lots of socalled which is over the years and other web sites in the private sector, but weve never had a website that almost no one gets through the first time without any problems. So we have the contractors this their stay and the next thursday the secretary Kathle
That they serve they are important to the community and they are communitybased and Small Businesses. So we have 100 carriers some also outside of United States and we also Service Almost 200 associate members. Thats the Small Businesses that make up this system that support wireless carriers. Host why is it important to have the service directly for those types of customers rather than have them go to a verizon or at t . Guest i think you probably said consumers like the right choice and choice has many benefits including price points and the small areas in the the rural aries and United States the regional markets the small carrier may be the only carrier willing to build out that last mile or two miles or 10 miles so that their service to the population in that area. They are very cognizant of their constituent i. E. Their customer and i think they distinguish themselves with highvalue service. Host you have a presence in washington d. C. Why is that . Guest we represent the competi
Why are you engaged in this work . Are you engaged . We are really excited about this project. We have joined women to promote and advance. It opens a number of possibilities for us. How can we use these Digital Technologies and learn fm them to change education on our alone campus. What weighs will we see based on the experience of these mass courses. How can that transform in cambridge and boston. Secondly, we see it as a way to get harvard ideas and harvard teaching out to a broader world and way to accumulate a lot of data that can be an extraordinary resource for anybody who like to use that material to ask questions about the nature of human learning and how it ought to be structured. On the point about spreading learning to the rest of the world, i have a very moving reaction to one bit of data. One of the pilot courses. When i was in india, i met with people in india who were wanting to interact with harvard. There is a need for engagement with our schools public health. We hav