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2000 CIS H 27153
TITLE: Deployment
of Broadband Technologies
CIS-NO: 2000-H271-53
SOURCE:
Committee on Commerce. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: May 25, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+134 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1019-A-01; 1019-B-01
SUDOC: Y4.C73/8:106-116
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-116. Hearing before the Subcom on
Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection to review high-speed
broadband data service technology developments and importance of expanding
broadband service availability, especially to rural areas. Examines proposals to
revise Telecommunications Act (Telecom Act) of 1996 provisions to increase
competition among telephone, cable, and other communications providers.
Also assesses proposals to allow Bell operating companies to
carry data across local access and transport area (LATA) lines without first
opening up local markets to competition as required under the Telecom Act.
Supplementary material (p. 7, 17-43, 133-134) includes
correspondence, a submitted statement, and:
-- Kagan Media
Appraisals, "State of Broadband Competition: An Analysis of Cable, Telco
DSL, Fixed Wireless and Satellite Competition for High-Speed
Data Services, 1999-2000" prepared for the National Cable TV Association, with
tables, Mar. 2000 (p. 17-43).
CONTENT-NOTATION:
Internet broadband data services technology, status and competition issues
DESCRIPTORS:
INTERNET; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; CABLE TELEVISION; TELECOMMUNICATION
REGULATION; TELEPHONE AND TELEPHONE INDUSTRY; CONSUMERS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;
COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES; STATISTICAL DATA: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT; COMPETITION; BELL OPERATING COMPANIES
00-H271-53
TESTIMONY NO: 1 May 25, 2000 p. 49-56
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
GOODLATTE, BOB
(Rep, R-Va)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Support for proposals to encourage competition in
delivering data services.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Internet broadband data services technology, status and
competition issues
00-H271-53 TESTIMONY NO: 2
May 25, 2000 p. 57-133
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
MOLINARI, SUSAN (Co-Chair, iAdvance)
MALONE, MELVIN J. (Chairman, Tennessee Regulatory
Authority)
CLELAND, SCOTT C. (Managing Director, Legg
Mason Precursor Group)
WINDHAUSEN, JOHN D., JR.
(President, Association for Local Telecommunications Services)
VIAL, DONALD (Member, Policy Committee, Alliance for
Public Technology)
NEEL, ROY M. (President and CEO, U.S.
Telecom Association)
KUNKEL, DAVID (Vice Chairman and
Executive Vice President, PSINet; also representing Commercial Internet eXchange
Association)
JEFFERSON, SHELTON (CEO, Netcom Technological
Solutions)
FRISBY, H. RUSSELL, JR. (President, Competitive
Telecommunications Association)
ELLIG, JERRY (Research
Fellow, Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Differing views on Telecom Act requirement
that incumbent local exchange carriers provide competitors with access to
existing telecommunications networks; importance of increased broadband services
for improved Internet data transmission, especially for residential and rural
areas; description of broadband service deployment structure and functions
(related graphs, table, p. 77-81 passim).
Impact of
Telecom Act deregulation on high-speed broadband and Internet service providers;
support for proposals to expand local exchange carriers ability to provide
direct Internet access to customers through digital subscriber lines (related
chart, p. 93-94); perspectives on regional Bell operating companies compliance
with Telecom Act provisions requiring increased competition in local exchange
markets for voice and data transmission services.
Anticipated effects on residential and commercial customer
access to high speed broadband services of proposals to allow Bell companies to
carry data across LATA lines; perspectives on telecommunications deregulation
under the Telecom Act.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Internet broadband data services technology, status and
competition issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
IADVANCE
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001
