[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] this hearing will come to water. Welcome, welcome. Today the committee convenes to broadband during the covid19 pandemic. I extend my appreciation for my colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, normal activities like work, school, Healthcare Services are increasingly t
Colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, normal activities like work, school, Healthcare Services are increasingly taking place online. This has caused a huge uptick in the use of broadband. One estimate shows average Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. Good news is that theres been some progress in connecting all americans. The fcc has recently released broadband deployment report shows
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Operator will unmute you. You may watch live at sfgov. Org roll call. President morgan is running late. Vice president fraser. Present. Commissioner nakajo. Present. Commissioner feinstein . Present member collins, upon present and chief nicholson. Present remotely. Vice president fraser will read the land acknowledgment. Ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgement the San Francisco Fire Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramay
The sec held an open meeting and voted on several issues flgt roboCall Blocking regulations, media ownership rules. Held in washington dc. This is four hours. Good morning. Welcome to the november 201 meeting of the federal communication commission. Madame secretary, announce the agenda for the morning. Thank you chairman. Good morning. For todays meeting you will hear eight items for consideration. First you will consider a report in order that would expressly authorize Voice Service providers to block certain types of row bow calls that falsely appear to be from telephone numbers that do not or cannot make out going calls. It would prohibit Voice Service providers from blocking 911 calls urpd the rules and encourage Voice Service providers to provide a mechanism to allow subscribers who le jet mat calls are in order to stop such blocking and clarify providers may exclude blocked calls under these rules from their call completion report. Second you will consider a report a second repo