Options for USF funding reform

David Reed, Moderator

David Reed is a scholar in residence in technology, cybersecurity and policy at the University of Colorado Boulder. Prior to joining CU, he was the chief strategy officer at Cable Television Laboratories, where he led large R&D projects covering a wide range of technologies relevant to the cable industry, such as application platforms, business services, voice-over-IP, and broadband delivery systems. Reed also has been a telecommunications policy analyst in the Office of Plans and Policy at the Federal Communications Commission, where he worked on cable-telco competition, personal communications services (PCS), and spectrum auction policies.

On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-reed-a5536311/

Carol Mattey

Carol Mattey runs Mattey Consulting LLC and is a former deputy chief at the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau. She has a doctorate in law from University of Pennsylvania, has blogged at the Benton Foundation, Brookings Institute, and Medium as well having been involved in various regulatory proceedings. She has also testified before Congress on broadband investments in rural America.

At the FCC, her primary focus was on the development and implementation of the Connect America Fund. She also supervised reforms in 2012 to the Lifeline program and the creation of the Healthcare Connect Fund. Mattey Consulting

LLC provides strategic and public policy advisory services to broadband providers, governmental agencies, non-profit organizations, and other entities active in the telecommunications arena, with a particular focus on universal service and broadband infrastructure deployment.

Further reading:

• Advocates Call for Universal Service Fund to Include Broadband Revenues

• USForward

On LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/carol-mattey-05583bb/

Hal Singer



Hal Singer is Managing Director at Econ One Research in Washington DC and also a Senior Fellow at George

Washington’s Institute for Public Policy and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of

Business. He has a PhD in economics from Johns Hopkins University and his essays have appeared in Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among others. He has testified before Congress on the interplay between antitrust and sector-specific regulation.

Although his consulting experience spans several industries, he has particular expertise in the media industry and has served as consultant or testifying expert for several media companies, including Apple, AT&T, Google, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, NFL Network, and Tennis Channel. His scholarship and testimony have been widely cited by courts and regulatory agencies including the FCC, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice.

Further reading:

• Telco business models must change as Big Tech generates the majority of internet traffic

• Subsidizing Universal Broadband Through a Digital Advertising Services Fee: An Alignment of Incentives

On LinkedIn: https:www.linkedin.com/in/haljsinger/

Roslyn Layton



Roslyn Layton is Senior Vice President at Strand Consult and visiting researcher at Aalborg University in Denmark. She had a PhD in business economics from Aalborg University and is also a senior contributor at Forbes. She has testified before the House and Senate on telecom policy issues. Roslyn earlier served as Program Committee Chair of TPRC.

Roslyn conducts research on broadband economics, security, and geopolitics. She served on the transition team for the FCC.

Further reading:

• To pay or not to pay ― Netflix, SK enter phase two of legal battle

• Rethinking USF. Two-sided solutions for a two-sided market.

On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roslynlayton/