The communicators is at the state of the net conference in washington, d. C. We will show you some of the interviews we conducted with members of congress, government officials and technology users. Joining us on the communicators is susan, what were some of the issues you dealt with back in the 1990s when you were the fcc commissioner . It was the golden age of the federal communications commission. We moved all of the lanes of the communication highway, from analog to digital. That was cable broadcasts, satellite had been launched but the service had not yet begun. We came up with the Digital Television standards, which are radio standards. My First Commission meeting we did band plans for pcf. And we began the first auction, at which point they actually used the hand placard to bid. It was an exciting time to be there. We also implemented the 1996 telecom act, which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local telephony and video. And also radically changed
We moved all of the lanes of the communication highlighted and analog to digital. That was cable, broadcast, satellite and the satellites had been launched but the service had not yet begun. We did with the Digital Radio standard and my First Commission meeting we did ban for pcs and over an extraordinary time. And we were just [inaudible] speaking began the first auction at which point they used the hand placard to build. It was an exciting time to be there. Plus, on top of all of that we implemented the 1996 telecom act which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in the local telepathy and video and also dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast widening the ability to consolidate properties. Host looking back 20 years later, did you get it right to connect to the groundwork laid correctly . Guest some of it we did but keep in mind the other thing we did was what was so important cspan can appreciate this greatly is establishing the Program Requirements
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