Two Perspectives on the National Broadband Plan

A Conversation with Craig Settles and Blair Levin
 

In the months since the Federal Communications Commission released the National Broadband Plan, the suggested policies and goals have produced considerable support as well as criticism. Through their respective efforts, Craig Settles, a broadband industry analyst, and Blair Levin, chief architect of the National Broadband Plan, have become two prominent voices addressing the Plan, trading columns on GigaOM.

In his columns, Settles has argued that the National Broadband Plan calls for a monolithic solution to broadband adoption at the expense of flexibility in supporting different locally-based approaches to maximize economic outcomes, as well as challenged the polices for competition and changes to the Universal Service Fund. Levin, Director of the National Broadband Plan, has defended the Plan arguing that Settles’ criticism ignores a number of key recommendations, the problems that Congress ask that the Plan address, and the economics of broadband deployment.

On February 7, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative and GigaOM will host Settles and Levin to continue the discussion of the National Broadband Plan and how to move towards implementation.

The Wall Street Journal’s Amy Schatz, GigaOM’s Stacey Higginbotham, and the Washington Post’s Cecilia Kang will moderate the discussion.

**The event will be webcast LIVE on this page. You do not need to register to view the webcast.**

 

Related Links
The National Broadband Plan: Some Assembly Still Required:
http://gigaom.com/2010/12/13/the-national-broadband-plan-some-assembly-still-required/

In Defense of the National Broadband Plan:
http://gigaom.com/2010/12/16/in-defense-of-the-national-broadband-plan/

National Broadband Rebuttal: Are We in for All, Or Just Enough:
http://gigaom.com/2010/12/17/national-broadband-rebuttal-are-we-in-for-all-or-just-enough/

The Broadband Plan and the Power of Data Driven Thinking:
http://gigaom.com/2010/12/21/the-broadband-plan-and-the-power-of-data-driven-thinking/

 

Co-sponsored by the New America America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative and GigaOM.com.

 

Participants

Introductions
Sascha Meinrath
Director, Open Technology Initiative
New America Foundation

Speakers
Craig Settles
President, Successful.com
Co-Director, Communities United for Broadband

Blair Levin
Author, FCC National Broadband Plan
Communications and Society Fellow, Aspen Institute

Moderators
Amy Schatz
The Wall Street Journal

Stacey Higginbotham
GigaOM

Cecilia Kang
The Washington Post

 
 
 

Event Time and Location

Monday, February 7, 2011 - 10:00am - 11:30am
New America Foundation
1899 L Street NW Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036

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