Providers who actually started off as Telephone Companies in areas where the Large Companies chose not to provide service eesti and 100 years ago because it is rural, it is remote, hard to make a business case, so they built up Telephone Networks and have evolved Service Lines that are broadband providers. Half of our people do wireless. They are truly a onestop shop for Communication Service in Rural America, covering 3 of the land mass. They are close to literally live and work and raise their families in the communities where they provide Communication Service, and we represent them. We do everything from advocacy to education and training for them, to finding ways with synergy to bring Business Opportunities that is hard to do for small carriers. Host who are some of your Member Companies . Who do they represent . Shirley bloomfield i have carriers in various states. I have coops that are as large as 100 subscribers down to Community Health companies with 200 people in the middle o
Aint s Saint Andrews and rick snyder in michigan at the community college, saturday night at 8 00 on cspan and cspan. Org. The federal Commission Voted 21 to start the process of repealing regulations on Internet Service providers known as Net Neutrality rules. The repeal would allow providers like verizon and comcast to slow tract to some websites and apps. Well show you that two hour public hearing from the start. Welcome, to the 2017 open hearing. Madame secretary, will you please introduce your agenda this morning. Thank you, good morning to you. You will hear a presentation and six items for your consideration. Final report on its investigation into the faulty 911 outage at t mobility experience on march 8th, 2017. Second, you will consider a proposal of reducing regulatory on the three types of fixed Satellite Service of earth stations authorize to transmit files in motion. Vehicle mounted and earth stations and earth stations aboard aircraft. Third you will consider a report ord
Tennessee. The subcommittee on communications and technology will now come to order. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. And i want to welcome you all to the subcommittees hearing titled oversight and reauthorization of the federal communications commission. I appreciate the commissioners appearing to offer their testimony today. And we appreciate that we have been able to hear from you in advance of this hearing. The fcc has not been rethorsoned since 1990 appear its current appropriation is over 430 million its charged with the administration of the Communications Act and other statutes vital to the functioning of the communications policy. We must reexamine the Core Functions of the commission and restore a culture of hul humility. The fcc plays a vital rode in the increasingly technologically dent society. The subcommittee released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing net neutral the commissioning ins 2015 was a powe
Tennessee. The subcommittee on communications and technology will now come to order. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. And i want to welcome you all to the subcommittees hearing titled oversight and reauthorization of the federal communications commission. I appreciate the commissioners appearing to offer their testimony today. And we appreciate that we have been able to hear from you in advance of this hearing. The fcc has not been rethorsoned since 1990 appear its current appropriation is over 430 million its charged with the administration of the Communications Act and other statutes vital to the functioning of the communications policy. We must reexamine the Core Functions of the commission and restore a culture of hul humility. The fcc plays a vital rode in the increasingly technologically dent society. The subcommittee released a draft for consideration. I would be remiss by not discussing net neutral the commissioning ins 2015 was a powe
Access in Rural Communities, the future of mobile broadband and combatting skarms held by a house customers sub ke. This is two hours, the subcommittee on communications and technology will now come to order. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. I want to welcome you all to the subcommittees hearing titled a recite and reauthorization of the federal Communications Commission. I appreciate the commissioners appearing to offer their testimony today, and we appreciate that we have been able to hear from you in advance of this hearing. The fcc has not been reauthorized since 1990, and its current appropriation is over 430 million. It is charged with the administration of the Communications Act, and under statutes vital to the functionings of our Communications Policy we must reexamine the Core Functions of the commission and restore a culture of humility that was lacking under the regulatory cloud left by the chairman. The fcc points a vital role in o