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Public Hearing Agenda
August 8, 2006 - Penn State Delaware County
Senate Bill 1247 (Cable Choice and Competition Act)

Please click on the names to read the testimony. This will open a PDF file in a new browser.

View video footage of the entire hearing. The hearing is broken into 9 video files.

 

10:00 a.m.

Welcome to Penn State Delaware County

 

Dr. Sophia Wisniewska, Chancellor
   
10:05 a.m. Introductory Remarks
  Senator Rob Wonderling, Chairman
   
10:10 a.m. Senate Bill 1247
  Senator Dominic Pileggi, Prime Sponsor of Senate Bill 1247
   
10:20 a.m. Panel - Statewide Municipal Associations (All Testimony here)
  John Haiko, Chairman of Executive Board, Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors
  Ann Simonetti, President, Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
  Thomas Giancristoforo, President, State Association of Township Commissioners
  Mary Wolf, Mayor of Williamsport, Pennsylvania League of Cities & Municipalities
 
11:20 a.m. Panel – Incumbent Cable Operators
  Daniel Tunnel, President, Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania
  Bill Domurad, Operating Officer, Clearview CATV, Inc.
  Thomas Steel, VP & Regulatory Counsel, RCN Corporation
  David R. Breidinger, Divisional VP of Government & Regulatory Affairs, Comcast
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
  Matt Polka, President & CEO, American Cable Association (Part 1, Part 2)
   
12:20 a.m. Panel – Telephone Companies
  David Freet, President, Pennsylvania Telephone Association
  William Peterson, President, Verizon Pennsylvania
  Martin Clift, VP of Regulatory, Cavalier Telephone
  Dave Kerr, President, TeleCommunity Connections
   
1:20 p.m. Lunch Break
   
2:00 p.m. Panel - Municipal Consortiums (All Testimony here)
  Daniel S. Cohen, Cohen Telecommunications Law Group
  John Nagel, Manager, Montgomery Township
  Samantha Reiner, Manager, Edgemont Township
   
2:30 p.m. Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies
  Larry Spiwak, President and Chairman of the Board of Editorial Advisors
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
   
2:50 p.m. Heartland Institute
  Steven Titch, Senior Fellow
   
3:10 p.m Fiber to the Home Council
  Tom Cohen, Counsel
Attachment
   
3:30 p.m. Panel – PEG Channels
  George Strimel, General Manager, Radnor Studio 21 (BIG Wireless)
  Steve Busch, Project Manager, White Rose Community Television
  Irene McNeil, Founder, Pres & CEO, Lower Merion & Narberth Public Access Television (PATV)
   
4:00 p.m. American Consumer Institute
  Stephen Pociask, Expert and Scholar
   
4:20 p.m. Communications Workers of Americag Director
  Kenneth Peres, Research Economist
   
4:40 p.m. United States Internet Industry Association (USIIA)
  David McClure, President and Chief Executive Officer
   
5:00 p.m. Upper Darby Township
  Joseph L. Salvucci, Member, Telecommunications Commission
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
   
5:10 p.m. Bucks County Association of Township Officials
  Tom Scarborough, President
   
5:20 p.m. City of Philadelphia
  Joseph James, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Property
   
5:30 PM PennPIRG
  Beth McConnell, Director
   
5:40 p.m. Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania
  Gwen Stettler, Director of Business Opportunities & Special Projects
   
5:50 p.m. Alliance for Retired Americans
  Danielle Pere, Executive Director
   
6:00 p.m. Adjourn
   
   

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