P president driscoll, you may start the migrant. Meeting. Due to covid19 and the Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted the tre tree restrictionn teleconference, this meeting is being held teleconference. In our published notice and on the web page we ask the public to participate remotely by writing to the board or by leaving a voice mail manage. I will ask all members of the board to mute themselves to minimize background noise and keep your cell phone remote, as well. Board members will unmute themselves to comment. There is staff in the background managing the Technology Functions during the meeting to switch from my slide presentation to whom ever is speaking at that moment. Thank you to all who have put this meeting together. Technology and this device is increasing and there will be more changes, all to make the meeting and the interaction go smoother. At this point, can we ask ase commissioner to unshare his screen. Square with arrow and not an x. Thank you. Item number 13
A half hours. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [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, norm
Meeting. Very good, Board Members. Weve been supplied with the minutes and i will ask first, is there anyone from the public who wishes to comment on our april 7th minutes . For members of the public who are watching this meeting via sfg tv from april 7th, please call 888 8086929 and then code 9961164 and then finally 10. Mr. Moderator, yo if you would let us know if there are members of the public who wish to address the board. Operator to summon each question press 1 and then 0. It looks like no members of the public dialing in at thisman. This minute. So we will close Public Comment. Well close Public Comment on item 4 and ill entertain a motion to approve the minutes. So moved. I heard two and would you please call the role. role call . Mr. Chair, you have a unanimous vote. Very good. On communications, well provide overview as to why were doing things this way and ill be more brief than i was last time, but due to the covid19 Health Emergency and given the Public Health recommenda
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 us the number of households without Broadband Service continues to decline. Yet despite these advances, there is still significant work that needs to be done to get every american connected. The Current Public Health crisis has made these efforts all the more urgent. I appreciate the initiatives led by the fcc to sustain and accelerate the availability of broadband connections. This includes the keep americans connected pledge, where providers have committed not to terminate Broadband Services to any residential or Small Business customers because of an inability to pay their bills, among other commitments. Along with temporary mod ifbss to existing universal fund usf programs to support the surge in demand for an internet service. These commitments
Books and ebooks are sold. And now todays Senate Commerce committee hearing, lawmakers examine the effect the pandemic is having on keeping rural is having on keeping Rural Communities connected via broadband. From this morning, this is about 2 1 2. Come to order. Welcome, welcome. Today, the committee convenes to discuss the state of broadband and thank them for appears. Today, we will hear from mr. Steven berry, and miss shirley bloomfield. Chief executive officer of mtca, the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmerman who will be appearing and testifying remotely and mr. Jonathan spolter. As the administration and centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent the further spread of the virus, normal activities like school and Health Care Services are kreinsingly 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 be