Report of the US Broadband Coalition on a National Broadband Strategy

On September 24, the US Broadband Coalition - a broad and diverse array of 160 organizations - will issue a report that identifies the key issues and a range of policy options that the U.S. should consider in determining its broadband future. The report is especially relevant and timely because the Federal Communications Commission must submit a national broadband plan to Congress by February 2010. The report builds on the Coalition's December 2008 "Call to Action for a National Broadband Plan" that not only provided a policy framework for a national broadband plan but also committed the signatories to work together to address key issues and policy priorities.  The Coalition's membership includes representatives of many prominent communications providers, high technology companies, manufacturers, consumers, labor unions, public interest groups, educators, state and local governments, utilities, content providers and other groups concerned about America's broadband future.

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For questions, contact Wendy Wigen at (202) 331-5372 or
wwigen@educause.edu

For press inquiries, contact Jim Baller at (202) 833-1144 or
jim@baller.com 

Participants

Welcome
Blair Levin
Coordinator of the National Broadband Plan
Federal Communications Commission

Introduction to the Report
Jim Baller
President, US Broadband Coalition
Principal, Baller Herbst Law Group

Kenneth Peres
Vice President, US Broadband Coalition
Economist, Communications Workers of America
President, Alliance for Public Technology

Panel One
Charles Benton
President
Benton Foundation

Michael Calabrese
Vice President and Director, Wireless Future Program
New America Foundation

Larry Cohen
President
Communications Workers of America

C. Lincoln Hoewing
Assistant Vice President of Internet and Technology Issues
Verizon Corporation

Joanne Hovis
President-Elect
National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors

Diana Oblinger
President
EDUCAUSE

Rick Whitt
Legal and Policy Counsel
Google, Inc.  

Rich Wonders
Senior Vice President
Alcatel-Lucent

Panel Two
Reports of Coalition Working Groups on Broadband Issues and Policy Options