You as a Public Service by your television provider. Host and joining us this week on cspans Communicators Program is Walter Mccormick who is president and ceo of an association called us telecom. Mr. Mccormick, who do you represent here in the washington . Guest well, we represent the nations Broadband Service providers, Companies Large and small, you are wan and urban and rural, publicly traded, privately held. These are companies that his to have create were telephone companies, but today they are Broadband Service providers, and they offer service on both a wire line and wireless basis. Host who are some of your members . Guest Companies Like verizon, a, the and, the, centurylink, windstream and Companies Much smaller that serve rural markets in sparselypopulated parse parts of the united states. Host what are some of the major issues right now being confronted by the companies that you represent . Guest i would say the single most, the Biggest Issue is the transition to the new ip
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Television provider. Joining this week on cspans waltermmunicators is mccormick. Would you represent in washington . Who do you represent in washington . We represent broadband providers, large and small. These were historically telecom companies, but they are broadband providers and offer service on a wireless and online basis. Countries like at t and much rural marketserve in sparsely Populated Areas of the united states. What are some of the major issues right now being confronted by the companies that you represent . The singlesay Biggest Issue is the transition to the new ip environment. Internet Protocol Communications is the future. Consumers are driving it, Ip Technology is the technology all devices to communicate with one another. It is that transition from an analog world to an ip world that is the biggest single issue. Is there any room for a wire lined up world anymore . I think the wirelined up orld is the center wire lined world that is of our economy and connects the ec
Hear from the leader of the antigovernment movement. Plus being eight and being the child of a migrant farm worker. Well take do you the Strawberry Fields of california. And we begin with a mystery that seems almost impossible with todays technology, a bowing 777 disappears out of the sky. Three full days later there is still no sign of the plane nor the 239 people onboard. Richelle carey joins us with more. Authorities know two men boarded the flight carrying stolen pass ports. Today there are more clues about the passengers. Saturday 1 30 am. Air Traffic Controllers lose contact with the malaysian airline, the bowing 777 jet liner is never heard from again. It is unprecedented missing aircraft, mystery as you can put it. It is mystifying. And we are increasing our efforts to do what we have to do. Dozens of search and rescue crews, ships and plains deploy from ten countries. An oil slick and floating debris are found at sea, all prove to be unrelated. We had to find the aircraft. Wit
Plus being 8, the child of Migrant Workers through her eyes, the powerful story of a family, life in the fields. The skies were clear. The captain was with the airlines for 33 years. The plane, one of the safest and most sophisticated in the world. There is much we know about Malaysia Airlines 370. But it pales to what we dont know. How could an airplane with 370 on board simply vanish . Richelle carey has more. Authorities have no physical evidence of the plane. They do know that two men boarded the flight with stolen passports. Today, malasian and thai authorities offered up some more clues about these passengers and how they got on board. The documents were are listed on interpols list of stolen documents but authorities never checked. Malasian officials also said an iranian man bought the tickets for the passengers but that has not been confirmed. Identified one of the passengers his name though has not been released. Many people want to know how passengers with fake or stolen pass