Guest today those industries are themselves facing new insurgent challenges. So i think thats the changes taking place. Host so everybody yous up. Were, as you said, seeing a whole new crop of businesses in online video growing up. Do you foresee a time when those new industries themselves become incumbent, and what does that look like when they do . Guest oh, golly, brian, my crystal ball is foggy in terms of what things look like. But i think you stated it correctly that everybody grows up. Host chairman wheeler, let me guest let me go back for one second. Steve case has a great new book out host third wave. Guest third wave in which he talks about the technological steps, hes now saying that theres a third stage, and the third stage is that you have to build on what has been done before, that policy issues become even more important at that point in time k and its now not just the idea, its how do you build a successful business and consumer service. And thats kind of the reality ev
Auction task force. Mr. Epstein, what does that mean . Guest thank you, peter. Im happy to be here. I am the head of the task force at the fcc which is responsible for implementing the incentive auction which is a firsttimeever auction at the fcc for spectrum. Host and the incentive auction is the auction, the spectrum auctions involving the broadcasters, correct . Guest indeed, it is. It is whats called a twosided auction which for the very first time will acquire spectrum from broadcasters in a socalled reverse auction and then turn around, repackage it and make it available to the wirelessc carriers9jz a forward auction. So it is a backtoback auction, a reverse auction and a forwardq auction. Host well, two followups to that. The fcc has set march of 2016 as the date for the incentive auctions to happen. A, will that date hold and, b, how long have you been working on this . Guest the auction commences on march 29th, 2016, and we do intend to hold to that date. All the commissioner
Christopher yoo who runs the center for Technology Innovation and competition there. Professor yoo, what is that . Guest it is research and education its part of the law school. We do research, we hold events, and were sponsoring a bunch of joint degree programs to train a new type of professional with advanced training, engineering and economics training. Host and where does the technology and innovation come in . Guest it comes host when it comes to telecommunications policy. Guest its, if you look at the way we use devices and the way we think of the internet, even back in 95 it was dialup, and weve been in ar world where were saying cable versus dsl. Wireless is projected to go through the roof in six months flat. We now have not just a cell phone or a data phone, but typically a tablet, a cell phone that migrates onto a wifi network, laptops that are hooked on, multiple connections often in two hands at the same time. Understanding technologically what that means is a big challeng
Earlier wed been talking about the neutrality network, and Net Neutrality, i thought, was a little catchier. I didnt think it would catch on, but somehow it did. Host the president this week, proofer wu professor wu, spoke about Net Neutrality. Heres what he had to say. Im weighing out a plan to keep the internet free and open, and im urging the fcc to do everything they can to protect Net Neutrality for everyone. They should make it clear whether they use a computer, phone or tablet, internet providers have a legal obligation not to block or edit your limit to a web site. And they cant let any company pay for priority over its competitors. To put these protections in place, im asking the fcc to reclassify Internet Service under title ii of a law known as the telecommunications act. In plain english, im asking them to recognize that for most more thans the internet has become an essential part of everyday communication and everyday life. Host tim wu, whats your reaction to what the pre
With that term . Guest you know huiwei back in 2001 i was sitting around playing with some ideas and broadband discrimination, Net Neutrality i put them onto paper and one of them just had to stick. Larry was talking earlier about the neutrality network. Net neutrality is a little catchier. I didnt think it would catch on but somehow it did did. Host well the president this week professor wu spoke about Net Neutrality. Here is a little bit of what he had to say. Im laying out a plan to keep the internet free and open and thats why merging the federal Communications Commission to do everything they can to protect Net Neutrality for everyone. They should make it clear that whether youd use a computer, phone or tablet internet providers have a legal obligation not to block or limit your access to a web site. Cable companies cant decide which on line stores you can shop at or which streaming services you can use and they cant lead to any company pay for priority over its competitors. To pu