So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Aye. Can i have a motion to not disclose anything that was said . So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Thank you. Okay, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Item 7 announcements. Please be advised that a member of the public has three minutes to make pertinent comments on each agenda item unless the portion commissioner has a shorter period on any item. Note that during the Public Comment period, the moderator will dial in participants to use their touchtone phones to register in a desire for Public Comment. And audio prompts will signal to dial in participants when the audio input is enabled for commenting. Please dial in only when the item that you wish to comment on is announced. Item 8, executive directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners. Michael martin, Deputy Director of r
So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Aye. Can i have a motion to not disclose anything that was said . So moved. Second. All in favor . Aye. Thank you. Okay, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Item 7 announcements. Please be advised that a member of the public has three minutes to make pertinent comments on each agenda item unless the portion commissioner has a shorter period on any item. Note that during the Public Comment period, the moderator will dial in participants to use their touchtone phones to register in a desire for Public Comment. And audio prompts will signal to dial in participants when the audio input is enabled for commenting. Please dial in only when the item that you wish to comment on is announced. Item 8, executive directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners. Michael martin, Deputy Director of r
[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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