TITLE: Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001

CIS-NO: 2001-H521-67  
SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: June 5, 2001  
LENGTH: iii+75 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-1  
ITEM-NO: 1020-A; 1020-B  
SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:107/18  
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2001-17238  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-27202-0.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 18. Hearing to consider H.R. 1542, the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001, to promote Internet competition, growth, and customer access, including provisions to:
   a. Require incumbent local exchange carriers to allow Internet service providers to interconnect with their high speed data services, excluding fiber optic lines and unbundled network elements.
   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.
 
Supplementary material (p. 33-47 and throughout) includes correspondence, articles, and a submitted statement.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Internet broadband transport providers open access requirements and local telephone cos long distance data transport authority estab

BILLS: 107 H.R. 1542

DESCRIPTORS:  
    INTERNET; TELEPHONE AND TELEPHONE INDUSTRY; CONSUMERS; TELECOMMUNICATION REGULATION; INTERNET FREEDOM AND BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT; COMPETITION; BELL OPERATING COMPANIES

01-H521-67 TESTIMONY NO: 1     June 5, 2001 p. 4-32, 47-55, 57-59, 65-73
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   TAUKE, THOMAS J. (Senior Vice President, Public Policy and External Affairs, Verizon Communications)
   MCLEOD, CLARK (Chairman and Co-CEO, McLeodUSA, Inc)
   GREENE, MARGARET H. (Executive Vice President, Regulatory and External Affairs, BellSouth Corp)
   GLASSMAN, JAMES K. (Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Opposing perspectives on H.R. 1542; elaboration on issues relating to internet access legislation.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Internet broadband transport providers open access requirements and local telephone cos long distance data transport authority estab
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   VERIZON; MCLEODUSA, INC.; BELLSOUTH CORP.

LOAD-DATE: November 22, 2002