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TITLE: Internet
Freedom Act and Internet Growth and Development Act of 1999, Part II
CIS-NO: 2001-H521-46
SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary.
House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: July 18, 2000
LENGTH:
iv+205 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1020-A; 1020-B
SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:106/46/PT.2
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2001-9955
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26484-1.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 46. Continuation of hearings to consider H.R. 1686
(text, p. 3-6), the Internet Freedom Act, and H.R. 1685 (text, p. 6-12), the
Internet Growth and Development Act of 1999, both to amend the Communications
Act of 1934 to promote Internet competition, growth, and customer access.
Focuses on provisions to:
a. Establish new
presumptions under the Sherman Act that certain conduct by telephone companies
or cable companies violates antitrust law; and require that broadband access
transport providers providing subscribers with high-speed Internet access from
an affiliated firm also provide unaffiliated service providers with equally
favorable access to transmission facilities.
b. Allow
local telephone companies, including regional Bell operating companies, to
transport data over long distance telephone lines without first opening up local
markets to competition as required by the Telecommunications Act of
1996.
Supplementary material (p. 177-205) includes
witnesses' written replies to Committee questions and correspondence.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Internet broadband transport
providers open access requirements and local telephone cos long distance data
transport authority estab
BILLS: 106
H.R. 1686; 106
H.R. 1685
DESCRIPTORS:
INTERNET; TELEPHONE AND TELEPHONE INDUSTRY; CABLE
TELEVISION; CONSUMERS; TELECOMMUNICATION REGULATION; INTERNET FREEDOM ACT;
INTERNET GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT; COMMUNICATIONS ACT; COMPETITION; SHERMAN
ACT; ANTITRUST LAW; BELL OPERATING COMPANIES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT
01-H521-46 TESTIMONY NO: 1 July 18, 2000 p. 21-32
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
TAUZIN,
W. J. (Rep, R-La)
ESHOO, ANNA G. (Rep, D-Calif)
STATEMENTS:
Perspectives on H.R. 1686 and H.R. 1685.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Internet broadband
transport providers open access requirements and local telephone cos long
distance data transport authority estab
01-H521-46
TESTIMONY NO: 2 July 18, 2000 p. 33-73
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
KENNARD, WILLIAM E.
(Chairman, FCC)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Opposition to H.R. 1686 and H.R. 1685; agreement with
Telecommunications Act restrictions on local telephone companies entry into long
distance markets; issues relating to H.R. 1686 and H.R. 1685.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Internet broadband transport
providers open access requirements and local telephone cos long distance data
transport authority estab
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
01-H521-46 TESTIMONY NO: 3 July 18, 2000 p. 75-205
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
TAUKE,
THOMAS J. (Senior Vice President, Public Policy and External Affairs, Verizon
Communications)
MCCURRY, MIKE (Co-Chair, iAdvance)
LOWE, RANDALL B. (Executive Vice President, Prism
Communication Services)
IVEY, GLENN (Chairman, Maryland
Public Service Commission; representing National Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners)
CLELAND, SCOTT C. (CEO, Precursor
Group)
PADDEN, PRESTON (Executive Vice President, Walt
Disney Co)
BAKER, DAVE (Vice President, Law and Public
Policy, EarthLink, Inc.; representing openNET Coalition)
CALI, LEONARD J. (Vice President, Federal Government
Affairs, AT&T Corp)
WOLZIEN, TOM (Senior Media
Analyst, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co)
SACHS, ROBERT
(President and CEO, National Cable TV Association)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Conflicting views on H.R. 1686 and H.R. 1685
provisions to establish open-access requirements for broadband access transport
providers and to allow local telephone companies to transport data over long
distance telephone lines.
Differing perspectives on merits
of Telecommunications Act in promoting competition in telecommunications
markets; importance of consumer choice with regards to Internet service
providers; elaboration on issues relating to H.R. 1686 and H.R. 1685.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Internet broadband transport
providers open access requirements and local telephone cos long distance data
transport authority estab
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
DISNEY, WALT, CO.
LOAD-DATE:
January 31, 2002 
