Thursday, July 17, 2008

FCC comes to town

The FCC commissioners are headed our way. These folks are not to be trusted. They live on a panel and screwed up net neutrality, WQEX and a host of other things in recent decades.

MORE INFO: http://www.thisishappening.com/EventPage.php?eventid=59338&show=profile
EVENT TYPE: *Issues;Politics

The Federal Communications Commission is coming to Pittsburgh on July 21 for a public forum on the future of the Internet. There is no more important time than now to speak out for our Internet rights, which is why it's vital that you attend this hearing.

The FCC has published the agenda .

WHEN: Deadline: Mon Jul 21: 4PM
WHERE: Carnegie Mellon University McConomy Auditorium
http://www.thisishappening.com/VenuePage.php?curVen=38668&show=profile
NEIGHBORHOOD: Oakland
IT'LL COST YOU: $Free
AGES: all ages

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Subject: [PCDN] FCC public hearing at CMU Monday July 21

The FCC is holding a panel discussion and public
comment session on Monday
July 21 at 4pm at CMU.
All five FCC commissioners will be there.
Brief
comments from the audience will be solicited
after the panel discussions.
So come prepared
to express your views!

Below is an announcement with the
details.
This is an important hearing,
see:
http://www.savetheinternet.com/=pittsburgh

The event will also be
broadcast live on WRCT 88.3 FM in
Pittsburgh, and streamed at
http://www.wrct.org

Danny Sleator

412-268-7563

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FCC
Announces Agenda and Witnesses for
Public En Banc Hearing at Carnegie
Mellon University
on Broadband and the Digital Future

Featuring Carnegie
Mellon Faculty and Spin Out Companies
as well as Other National
Leaders

Date: Monday, July 21, 2008

Time: 4:00 p.m. (Eastern
Daylight Time)

Location: McConomy Auditorium, University Center

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania

Directions:
http://www.cmu.edu/about/visit/directions-parking.shtml

The Commission will
hear from expert panelists regarding
broadband and the digital future.

The
hearing at Carnegie Mellon University is open to the
public, and seating
will be available on a first-come,
first-served basis.

Agenda and list of
witnesses follows:
(All Eastern Daylight Time)

4:00 p.m. Welcome/Opening
Remarks

4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion 1 ­ The Future of Digital
Media

Panelists:

Mark Cuban, Chairman & Co Founder HDNet, Owner ­
Dallas Mavericks

Jon Peha, Professor, Department of Engineering and
Public
Policy, and Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University

Mark Cavicchia, CEO, Founder & Director,
WhereverTV

Matthew Polka, President & CEO, American Cable Association

Jake Witherell, Sim Ops Studios

John Heffner, Conviva


Representative, You Tube


5:30 p.m. Panel Discussion 2 ­ The
Broadband of Tomorrow

Panelists:

David Farber, Distinguished Career
Professor of Computer
Science and Public Policy, School of Computer
Science,
Carnegie Mellon University

Rahul Tongia, Senior Systems
Scientist, Program on
Computation, Organizations, and Society, School of
Computer
Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Robert W. Quinn, Jr., Senior
Vice President ­ Federal
Regulatory, AT&T, Inc.

Rey Ramsey, Chairman &
CEO, One Economy Corporation

Rendall Harper, Board Member, Wireless
Neighborhoods

Scott Wallsten, Vice President for Research and Senior

Fellow, Technology Policy Institute

Marge Krueger, Administrative
Director, Communications
Workers of America District 13

6:30 p.m. Public
Comment Period

8:30 p.m. Adjournment

A live web cast of the hearing will
be available to the
public on the FCC¹s website
at:
http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/#jul21 -- you may also go to
³FCC
Meetings² from the homepage and then click on FCC
Audio/Video events to
access the web cast.

The event will also be broadcast live on WRCT 88.3 FM
in
Pittsburgh, and streamed at http://www.wrct.org

July 18, 2008 10:06 PM

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