The National Broadband Plan: Deploying Quality Broadband Services to the Last Mile

House Commerce Committee
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
10 am

The hearing will examine assessments in the National Broadband Plan of the availability of broadband and how most effectively to deploy broadband to areas that are unserved and underserved, so all Americans can benefit from good quality broadband services.

Witnesses:

  • Sharon Gillett, Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
  • David Villano, Assistant Administrator, Telecommunications Program, Rural Development, Department of Agriculture
  • Joe Garcia, Regional Vice President, National Congress of American Indians, Lifetime Council Member of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
  • Austin Carroll, General Manager, Hopkinsville Electric System
  • Mark Dankberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ViaSat, Inc.
  • S. Derek Turner, Research Director, Free Press
  • Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Managing Director and Principal, Empiris, LLC