Updated: Universal Service: Reforming the High-Cost Fund

Universal Service: Reforming the High-Cost Fund

House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 12, 2009
2123 Rayburn House Office Building

The hearing will examine aspects of the Universal Service Fund, possible reforms to the High Cost program, and the growing demand for advanced services including broadband and mobility in high cost areas of the country.

The following witnesses have been invited to testify:

• LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., Chairman of the Board, U.S. Cellular
• Steve Davis, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations, Qwest Corporation
• Mark Gailey, President and General Manager, Totah Communications
• Tom Gerke, Chief Executive Officer, Embarq
• Gregory A. Hale, General Manager, Logan Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
• Joel E. Lubin, Vice President, Public Policy, AT&T
• Tom Tauke, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Policy & Communications, Verizon
• Derek Turner, Research Director, Free Press
• Scott Wallsten, Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow, The Technology Policy Institute