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How Internet Protocol-Enabled Services Are Changing the Face of Communications: a View from Government Officials HOW INTERNET PROTOCOL-ENABLED SERVICES ARE CHANGING THE FACE OF COMMUNICATIONS: A VIEW FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION APRIL 27, 2005 Serial No. 109–69 Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 27–000PDF WASHINGTON : 2005 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:59 Jun 02, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 F:\DOCS\27000.TXT HCOM1 PsN: JOEP COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE JOE BARTON, Texas, Chairman RALPH M. HALL, Texas JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida Ranking Member Vice Chairman HENRY A. WAXMAN, California FRED UPTON, Michigan EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts CLIFF STEARNS, Florida RICK BOUCHER, Virginia PAUL E. GILLMOR, Ohio EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York NATHAN DEAL, Georgia FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky SHERROD BROWN, Ohio CHARLIE NORWOOD, Georgia BART GORDON, Tennessee BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois ANNA G. ESHOO, California HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico BART STUPAK, Michigan JOHN B. SHADEGG, Arizona ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York CHARLES W. ‘‘CHIP’’ PICKERING, ALBERT R. WYNN, Maryland Mississippi, Vice Chairman GENE GREEN, Texas VITO FOSSELLA, New York TED STRICKLAND, Ohio ROY BLUNT, Missouri DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado STEVE BUYER, Indiana LOIS CAPPS, California GEORGE RADANOVICH, California MIKE DOYLE, Pennsylvania CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire TOM ALLEN, Maine JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania JIM DAVIS, Florida MARY BONO, California JAN SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois GREG WALDEN, Oregon HILDA L. SOLIS, California LEE TERRY, Nebraska CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas MIKE FERGUSON, New Jersey JAY INSLEE, Washington MIKE ROGERS, Michigan TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin C.L. ‘‘BUTCH’’ OTTER, Idaho MIKE ROSS, Arkansas SUE MYRICK, North Carolina JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee BUD ALBRIGHT, Staff Director DAVID CAVICKE, Deputy Staff Director and General Counsel REID P.F. STUNTZ, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET FRED UPTON, Michigan, Chairman MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Florida EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts CLIFF STEARNS, Florida Ranking Member PAUL E. GILLMOR, Ohio ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky ALBERT R. WYNN, Maryland BARBARA CUBIN, Wyoming MIKE DOYLE, Pennsylvania JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico JAY INSLEE, Washington CHARLES W. ‘‘CHIP’’ PICKERING, RICK BOUCHER, Virginia Mississippi EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York VITO FOSSELLA, New York FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey GEORGE RADANOVICH, California SHERROD BROWN, Ohio CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire BART GORDON, Tennessee GREG WALDEN, Oregon BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois LEE TERRY, Nebraska ANNA G. ESHOO, California MIKE FERGUSON, New Jersey BART STUPAK, Michigan JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan, MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee (Ex Officio) JOE BARTON, Texas, (Ex Officio) (II) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:59 Jun 02, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 0486 F:\DOCS\27000.TXT HCOM1 PsN: JOEP C O N T E N T S Page Testimony of: Billings, Hon. Lewis K., Mayor, Provo City, Utah ......................................... 7 Davidson, Charles M., Commissioner, Florida Public Service Commission 58 Fellman, Hon. Kenneth, Esq., Mayor, Arvada, Colorado, on behalf of National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors Board of Directors ......................................................................................... 27 Munns, Diane, Commissioner, Iowa State Utilities Board, on behalf of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners ...................... 49 Perkins, John, Iowa Consumer Advocate, President, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates .......................................................... 80 Quam, David C., Director, Federal Relations, National Governors Associa- tion ................................................................................................................. 91 Strauss, Karen Peltz, KPS Consulting, on behalf of Alliance for Public Technology ..................................................................................................... 100 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Hon. Joe Barton, prepared statement .................................................................... 138 Hon. Barbara Cubin, prepared statement ............................................................. 141 Hon. Edward J. Markey, prepared statement ....................................................... 143 Hon. Cliff Stearns, prepared statement ................................................................. 146 Billings, Hon. Lewis K.: Written response to questions from Hon. Cliff Stearns ................................ 148 Davidson, Charles M.: Written response to questions from Hon. Marsha Blackburn ...................... 154 Written response to questions from Hon. Cliff Stearns ................................ 156 Fellman, Hon. Kenneth, Esq.: Written response to questions from Hon. Cliff Stearns ................................ 163 Munns, Diane: Written response to questions from Hon. Marsha Blackburn ...................... 166 Perkins, John: Written response to questions from Hon. Cliff Stearns ................................ 168 Quam, David C.: Written response to questions from Hon. Cliff Stearns ................................ 171 Strauss, Karen Peltz: Written response to questions from Hon. Cliff Stearns ................................ 173 High Tech Broadband Coalition, prepared statement .......................................... 175 Intel Corporation, prepared statement .................................................................. 178 National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, prepared state- ment ...................................................................................................................... 181 United Telecom Council, prepared statement, prepared statement .................... 183 (III) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:59 Jun 02, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 F:\DOCS\27000.TXT HCOM1 PsN: JOEP VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:59 Jun 02, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 F:\DOCS\27000.TXT HCOM1 PsN: JOEP HOW INTERNET PROTOCOL-ENABLED SERVICES ARE CHANGING THE FACE OF COMMUNICATIONS: A VIEW FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2005 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THE INTERNET Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 2:22 p.m., in Room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Fred Upton (chairman) presiding. Members present: Representatives Upton, Stearns, Gillmor, Whitfield, Shimkus, Pickering, Bass, Terry, Blackburn, Markey, Engel, Wynn, Gonzalez, Inslee, Boucher, Gordon, Rush, and Stu- pak. Staff present: Howard Waltzman, Chief Counsel; Neil Fried, Counsel; Will Nordwind, Policy Coordinator; Jaylyn Jensen, Senior Legislative Analyst; Johanna Shelton, Telecommunications Coun- sel; Peter Filon, Counsel, Alec Gerlach, Staff Assistant; and Anh Nguyen, Legislative Clerk. Mr. UPTON. Sorry about the delays. I think most of you know, we had a series of votes that started right about the time that we were supposed to be here, so I appreciate you all waiting patiently. Today’s hearing is entitled ‘‘How Internet Protocol-Enabled Serv- ices are Changing the Face of Communications: A View from Gov- ernment Officials.’’ This hearing is a finale of sorts in a series of hearings that this subcommittee has held in regard to IP-enabled services. Previous hearings have explored how, without a doubt, IP- enabled services are dramatically changing the face of communica- tions. Many of these hearings have underscored the need for Congress to modernize our communications laws in order to account for this new technology and to ensure its speediest deployment as widely as possible, and bring true intermodable facilities based competi- tion to the American consumer. At the close of this hearing, it is my intention to get to the busi- ness of legislating along those very lines, which brings us to why we are here today. The FCC has held that Internet services are in- herently interstate in nature, and that even if there is also an intrastate component, it is not technologically feasible to separate it for purposes of State versus Federal jurisdiction. So Federal ju- (1) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:59 Jun 02, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\DOCS\27000.TXT HCOM1 PsN: JOEP 2 risdiction and the unified Federal broadband policy trumps State jurisdiction. I have to say that I agree with that approach to creating a Fed- eral policy for IP-enabled voice, video, and data services, and that that will serve as my guiding principle for legislating in this arena. What that means for how we approach the traditional role of State public utility commissions and local franchise authorities in an IP- enabled world is what we will be exploring today. I want to thank today’s distinguished panel of witnesses
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