For several years on the communications commission, also as administrator of the Rural Utility Service and now is head of pcia, the Wireless Infrastructure association which is what, mr. Adelstein . Guest this association represents the company that builds Wireless Networks, basically, the ones that deliver all of that content to your cell phone, your smartphone, your tablet. The big Cell Phone Companies are on there, at t, verizon, sprint, tmobile as well as companies that own and build the cell towers, the antennas that you find in Shopping Malls. All of the equipment thats behind the scenes that makes possible what you see on that little screen. Host so how many cell towers are there in the u. S. Right now this. Guest theres hundreds of thousands of them and, you know, the fact is its hard to keep up with the level of demand that we have for new infrastructure because of the demands that consumers are placing on the infrastructure we have today. Host what are some of the legislative
Chairman Julius Genachowski and former fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. Thats followed by our discussion with congressman greg walden, chairman of the house subcommittee on communications and technology. Guest were in a landscape thats absolutely shifting, and there are areas of the statutory scheme where it would make sense to look at and say are those keeping up with the changes in the marketplace. Fundamentally, having this kind of competition, programming innovation, access by new players to consumers and access by the traditional players to viewers in new ways. Obviously, whats happening on tablets is amazing. Whats starting to happen in the living room is very exciting. Were in just an incredible time when it comes to the delivery of video programming to consumers. There are issues. We heard it at the commission, both of us did, from distributers who were concerned about the costs of programming. Consumers are concerned about the costs of programming, so thats an issue of i thin
And foreclose shures were mounting. When president came into office our economy was shrinking at an. 3 annual rate. The American People fought their way back from the brink. Cause of our nations resill resilience, we have seen our deficit shrink. Businesses have added more than two million jobs over the last year alone. Manufacturing has expanded while to Housing Market continues improve. At the same time our deficits are half what they were a few years ago. Even though progress has been made, our economy is not erforming at full steam. The pace of growth in hiring has ot been consistent enough, and the Government Shutdown and the debt ceiling impasse were examples of that brinksmanship. A manufactured crisis, but a crisis nonetheless. Even though we do not know the full exfent of the damage, we know it slowed Economic Growth and job creation in this quarter. What we should learn from this searing experience is that washington politics should not hurt workers and our economy nor be use
Scheme where it makes sense to look at and say, are those keeping up with the changes in the marketplace . Having this kind of competition, programming innovation, access by new players to consumers and access by the traditional players to viewers in new ways. What is happening on tablets is amazing. What is starting to happen in the living room is very exciting. We are in an incredible time when it comes to delivery of video programming. There are issues. We heard it at the commission from distributors who are concerned about the cost of programming. Consumers are concerned about the cost. That is an issue that we need to continue to look at. I think this is an area where the glass is half full at least because we are seeing exciting new competition and creativity in this part of the landscape. I would say the glass is flowing over. I look at this market through the eyes of my kids. What are the Consumption Habits . They have more choices than any human being in history in terms of wh
, it is a selfregulatory institutions regarding those. Opics that they have to make a report to the ministry of energy. It will have the participation of the ministry of energy. The usmexico transboundary agreement cleared because of the budget deal. While is at the state department, we thought that would be the first baby step to cooperate with mexico on safety in the gulf of mexico. We have certainly learned a lot about safety at least in the deep water as oil spill prevention, itll still mechanisms. Oil spill mechanisms. We will have some bilateral hemispheric cooperation. Want to underscore that process is already in place and that process already has been in place for this energy reform. There is great cooperation between the u. S. And mexican coast guard. In theas cooperation u. S. State department and u. S. Coast guard. Was a said there meeting in tampa where mexican officials and u. S. Coast guard officials were there. The process is in place. What i wanted to underscore and th