ACM2010Conf_3.5-17

Maryann Arrien, Jennifer Evans, Alan Bushong

 

Track 5: Media and Telecom Policy ( peg.ourchannels.org/index.php?title=Track_5-10:_Media_and... )

 

3. The National Broadband Plan: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Fri. pm) ( peg.ourchannels.org/index.php?title=The_National_Broadban... )

 

After the initial euphoria following the FCC's announced National Broadband Plan, as the details have become disclosed a number of problems with its rollout and initiation have become apparent, and many of them adversely affect community media. Listen to a panel of various stakeholders discuss the positive and negative aspects of the plan.

 

Moderator:

Gloria Tristani, Moderator, Spiegel & McDiarmid, LLP, Washington, DC

 

Speakers:

Geoffrey Blackwell, Federal Communications Commission, Washingto, DC

Michael Schooler, Senior Vice President, Law and Regulatory Policy, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Washington, DC

Stephen Traylor, Executive Director/General Counsel, National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, Alexandria, VA

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