Announcer next, q a with former chief economist of the fcc, thomas hazlett. Brian tom hazlett, why did you write the book the political spectrum . Tom there is a great set of stories, unknown to most people about how we got into the age of wireless. Wireless seems like a bit of magic. It has always seemed that way. We had 100 years ago a Supreme Court chief justice say he did not want to get any radio cases because he did not want to have to dive into the law there. The law of the occult. So, this seems offputting to a lot of people. The way we allocate radio spectrum come and how we make Resources Available to the Wireless World we are in today, is fascinating, and there is a political structure that was crafted in the 1927 radio act. Primary actor Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce through those rules, 90 years ago, still govern the way we actually allow resources to be used in our economy today. It is tremendously important, fundamental to innovation, to technological progress, t
Its made it even more effective. These will require the carriers to deliver alerts that were precisely match the affected area so encourage local officials to use peas during emergencies and also encourage americans to take alerts more seriously since folks know that any alert they received in the vicinity. The rules also require them to be preserved for 24 which will make it easier for them to access it use the information contained. Very pleased we gain support for these improvements among other items that we adopted a today in our action today once again demonstrates the commissions strong commitment to protecting the safety of the American People and with that i will be happy to take any questions you may have. I was wondering if there is any possibility to seek to compel the officials to speak to them further. I cant speak to the further steps that we intend to take but we are hopeful that we can secure as much cooperation as possible from anyone involved in this incident. Its cri
Precisely targeted to areas where there is an emergency. When Deadly Wildfires igniter in Northern California last october, some local authorities chose not to push out a wireless alert. They cited fears you look would have gone out to people who are not in harms way. Potentially provoking a mass exodus that could clog the roads and prevent those action in danger from reaching safety. With todays action of the commission has addressed this problem and made an important lifesaving tool even more effective. These new rules require wireless carriers to deliver alerts at more precisely match the affected area. So i will go to local officials to use these alerts during emergencies, and encourage americans to take alerts more circe. Since folks know any alert they receive relates to an emergency that is in their vicinity. The new rules will require alerts to be preserved on consumers phones for 24 hours which make it easier to access and use the information contained in those alerts. Im poli
The situation in florida and the gulf coast, and some years ago in connecticut and other parts of this country face a Natural Disaster almost as devastating as an attack would be by a foreign power. Analogous, different, but this category four Hurricane Maria caused consequences as devastating and destructive as any that man could do. It is a Natural Disaster. Not man made, but it is turning into a man made disaster. The response so far from our government has been underwhelming. In fact, it has been inadequate and anemic. It has been shamefully slow and undersized, and should be vastly upgraded and increased. Just moments ago, i learned that Lieutenant General buchanan has been appointed to head the military efforts in puerto rico. That appointment followed a call just an hour or so ago with all of the representatives, including fema, the department of defense, other federal agencies and the red cross where i urged that our United States military be mobilized, much as we would in resp
And charging extra for socalled fast lanes to any websites or apps. News conferences by the individual fcc commissioners followed the session [inaudible discussion] good morning. Welcome to the may 2017 open meeting of the federal Communications Commission. Please introduce our agenda this morning. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Good morning to you and good morning, commissioners. For todays meeting youll hear a presentation and six items for your consideration. First, you will hear a presentation on the Public Safety and Homeland Security bureaus final report on its investigation into the faulty 911 outage at t mobility experiences march 8, 2017. Second youll consider a notice of proposed rulemaking that would both facilitate deployment of and russ regulatory burdens on three times of fixed Satellite Service earth stations authorized to transmit while inr motion. Earth stations on vessels, vehicle mounted earth stations and earth stations aboard aircraft. Third, you will consider a report a