News

• Commission's Bandwidth Task Force and Common Carrier Bureau Announce Panelists and Topics for First Two Advanced Services Technical Roundtables. [ 10/2/98 Public Notice | Audio ] 10/5/98

• Commission's Bandwidth Task Force and Common Carrier Bureau Announce Three Advanced Services Technical Roundtables to be Held in October. [ Public Notice | Audio ] 9/25/98

July 9, 1998 Bandwidth En Banc Hearing

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The Federal Communications Commission held a bandwidth en banc hearing on Thursday, July 9, 1998. At the en banc hearing, the Commission heard from panels of experts regarding bandwidth issues in the last mile of our nation's telecommunications infrastructure and in connectivity to and between our nation's small and rural communities.

The panelists also addressed how these issues impact the deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities and broadband technologies in the United States.

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January 23 1997 Open Forum Information

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On January 23, 1997, the FCC hosted an open forum on access to bandwidth, the first of two forums on technology issues. The bandwidth forum addressed the deployment of advanced data technologies, the implications of Internet usage for the public switched telephone network, and mechanisms to facilitate widespread availability of new network access technologies at affordable rates.

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• Text of Presentations

  Presenter	Organization
  Daniel Weitzner	Center for Democracy and technology
  Mike Trest	ATMnet
  John Curran	BBN Planet
  Doug Morgan	WinStar Wireless, Inc.
  Lee Bauman	Pacific Bell
  Peter F. Harter	Netscape Communications Corp.
  Matthew R. Korn	America Online Networks
  James Love	Consumer Project on Technology
  Shabbir J. Safdar	1997 Small Internet Service Provider Survey Voters Telecommunications Watch

• Meeting Transcript [ Text Version | WordPerfect Version ] 1/24/97

• Chairman Hundt's Opening Remarks [Display Text | Play Audio ] 1/24/97

• News Release 1/23/97

• Agenda 1/23/97

• Audio 1/23/97