Washington, d. C. And around the country so you can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1979, cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Host this week on the communicators we want to introduce you to a new guest. His name is bob udell, ceo of the consolidated communications and joining us as the guest report is matt daneman of communications daily. Mr. Udell before we get into some of the issues that we will explore with you, tell us a little bit about consolidated communications. Guest thank you for having me today. Consolidated communications is a Broadband Service provider that Services Mostly rural areas. Were passionate about bringing Broadband Services to our customers. Our territories extend from the Northern Areas of the midwest all the way down to east Central Texas and from the outskirts of sacramento up into the most Northern Areas of northern new england. Host what exactly is at the service you provi
Northern areas of the midwest all the way down to east Central Texas and from the outskirts of sacramento up into the most Northern Areas of northern new england. Host what exactly is the service you provide . Guest we provide Broadband Services to consumers, commercial customers and even backhaul or connections to wireless powers. We Service Everyone in the community and we help Rural Communities connect with the internet and really are passionate about living, working and playing in those committees and raising the economic developer and prospects. Host who are your competitors . Guest competitors are the Cable Tv Companies but often we serve places where they dont go so you will see Wireless Service providers which is technology we employ as well to extend our fiber footprint but that is predominantly the competition. Host mr. Udell, to someone who has your service write out a check to consolidated communications or send money to consolidated every month . Guest they do. We are not
Decision on internet regulation. Also known as Net Neutrality. Joining us to discuss this issue, gigi sohn who served as Senior Advisor to fcc chair tom wheeler for several years, and is going with the Georgetown Law Institute for technology. And Patrick Holly was Senior Vice President at u. S. Telecom, a trade association here in washington, d. C. Before we put on our advocates at, give us a lawyers assessment of what the d. C. Court of appeals ruled. Guest what the d. C. Court of appeals ruled was that the fcc decision and the restoring of the net freedom order was permissible and essentially completely upheld. Its a big win for consumers, a big win for innovators, big win for investment in broadband in america. Essentially what the court said was that the fcc decision to regulate broadband and Internet Access as an Information Service as a module has been for the last 20 years outside of a two years under the title ii order was permissible. Its consistent with Supreme Court preceden
The nation infrastructure from foreign interference. Lawmakers heard testimony from boating industry experts. Today, that the subcommittee will consider a number of legislative broke pulls that justss proposals that i challenges from management to securing our nations Telecommunications Infrastructure. The proposals before the subcommittee today are hr 4462, resourcesirway efficiency act, or the chirac, act, with the Ranking Member. Thisll be the strategy for federal energies using advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, automated frequency what are nation, and environmental sensing to facilitate more efficient sharing and used by the federal government. The goal would also require the fcc to report to congress on the feasibility of using existing sharing technologies on several important spectrum fans. As we look toward the future, it is necessary for every licensee to use spectrum more efficiently, the federal government being chief among them. Modernizend ways to the
Fccs decision and the restoring Internet Freedom order was permissible and was, essentially, completely upheld. Its a big win for consumers, its a big win for innovators, big win for investment in broadband in america. And essentially e what the court said was that the fccs decision to regulate Broadband Internet access as an Information Service, as it largely has been for the last 20 years outside of a twoyear period under the title ii order, was permissible. Its consistent with Supreme Court precedent, and this d. C. Circuit was not going to make a determination that the fccs crassification classification was incorrect. Because its within their discretion as the Expert Agency to classify broadband as an Information Service or as a telecommunication service. What it did also say was that the commission and the one area where the commissions decision was vacated, which doesnt come up until page 121 of the report. Everything up to that point was upheld. That, look, the fcc, you dont hav