S. HRG. 115–764 REBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE IN AMERICA: INVESTING IN NEXT GENERATION BROADBAND HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND THE INTERNET OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION MARCH 13, 2018 Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation ( Available online: http://www.govinfo.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 39–879 PDF WASHINGTON : 2020 VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:22 Mar 02, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 S:\GPO\DOCS\39879.TXT JACKIE SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JOHN THUNE, South Dakota, Chairman ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi BILL NELSON, Florida, Ranking ROY BLUNT, Missouri MARIA CANTWELL, Washington TED CRUZ, Texas AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota DEB FISCHER, Nebraska RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut JERRY MORAN, Kansas BRIAN SCHATZ, Hawaii DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska EDWARD MARKEY, Massachusetts DEAN HELLER, Nevada TOM UDALL, New Mexico JAMES INHOFE, Oklahoma GARY PETERS, Michigan MIKE LEE, Utah TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire CORY GARDNER, Colorado CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada TODD YOUNG, Indiana JON TESTER, Montana NICK ROSSI, Staff Director ADRIAN ARNAKIS, Deputy Staff Director JASON VAN BEEK, General Counsel KIM LIPSKY, Democratic Staff Director CHRIS DAY, Democratic Deputy Staff Director RENAE BLACK, Senior Counsel ---- SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND THE INTERNET ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi, Chairman BRIAN SCHATZ, Hawaii, Ranking ROY BLUNT, Missouri MARIA CANTWELL, Washington TED CRUZ, Texas AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota DEB FISCHER, Nebraska RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut JERRY MORAN, Kansas EDWARD MARKEY, Massachusetts DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska TOM UDALL, New Mexico DEAN HELLER, Nevada GARY PETERS, Michigan JAMES INHOFE, Oklahoma TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin MIKE LEE, Utah TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin MAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada CORY GARDNER, Colorado JON TESTER, Montana TODD YOUNG, Indiana (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:22 Mar 02, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\DOCS\39879.TXT JACKIE C O N T E N T S Page Hearing held on March 13, 2018 ............................................................................ 1 Statement of Senator Wicker .................................................................................. 1 Statement of Senator Nelson .................................................................................. 3 Statement of Senator Schatz .................................................................................. 42 Statement of Senator Blunt .................................................................................... 44 Statement of Senator Udall .................................................................................... 46 Prepared statement of Godfrey Enjady, General Manager, Mescalero Apache Telecommunications, Inc. ................................................................ 46 Statement of Senator Fischer ................................................................................. 49 Statement of Senator Hassan ................................................................................. 51 Statement of Senator Moran .................................................................................. 53 Statement of Senator Tester ................................................................................... 56 Statement of Senator Klobuchar ............................................................................ 58 Statement of Senator Capito .................................................................................. 60 Statement of Senator Peters ................................................................................... 62 Statement of Senator Blumenthal .......................................................................... 65 Statement of Senator Sullivan ............................................................................... 66 Statement of Senator Gardner ............................................................................... 68 Statement of Senator Baldwin ................................................................................ 70 WITNESSES Hon. Gary Resnick, Mayor, City of Wilton Manors, Florida ................................ 4 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 5 Steven K. Berry, President and Chief Executive Officer, Competitive Carriers Association ............................................................................................................ 11 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 12 Robert DeBroux, Director, Federal Affairs and Public Policy, TDS Tele- communications, LLC .......................................................................................... 22 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 23 Brad Gillen, Executive Vice President, CTIA ........................................................ 26 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 27 Michael Romano, Senior Vice President, Industry Affairs and Business Devel- opment, NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association ......................................... 30 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 32 APPENDIX Utilities Technology Council, prepared statement ................................................ 73 Response to written questions submitted by Hon. Gary Peters to: Hon. Gary Resnick ........................................................................................... 74 Response to written questions submitted to Steven K. Berry by: Hon. Gary Peters .............................................................................................. 75 Hon. Catherine Cortez Masto .......................................................................... 76 Response to written questions submitted to Robert DeBroux by: Hon. Gary Peters .............................................................................................. 77 Hon. Catherine Cortez Masto .......................................................................... 78 Response to written questions submitted to Brad Gillen by: Hon. Jerry Moran ............................................................................................. 79 Hon. Gary Peters .............................................................................................. 81 Hon. Catherine Cortez Masto .......................................................................... 82 Response to written questions submitted to Michael Romano by: Hon. Gary Peters .............................................................................................. 84 Hon. Catherine Cortez Masto .......................................................................... 85 (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:22 Mar 02, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\DOCS\39879.TXT JACKIE VerDate Nov 24 2008 11:22 Mar 02, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\GPO\DOCS\39879.TXT JACKIE REBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE IN AMERICA: INVESTING IN NEXT GENERATION BROADBAND TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2018 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND THE INTERNET, COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION , Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m. in room SR–253, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Roger Wicker, Chair- man of the Subcommittee, presiding. Present: Senators Wicker [presiding], Nelson, Schatz, Blunt, Udall, Fischer, Hassan, Moran, Tester, Klobuchar, Capito, Peters, Blumenthal, Sullivan, Gardner, and Baldwin. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ROGER F. WICKER, U.S. SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI. Senator WICKER. Good morning. This hearing of Subcommittee will come to order. Today the Subcommittee will kick off a series of hearings in the Commerce Committee on Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure. We start here in the communications subcommittee with a focus on how to advance broadband deployment in infrastructure legislation this Congress. I’m glad to convene this hearing with my colleague, Ranking Member Schatz. Broadband connectivity is the digital engine driving investment, innovation and productivity in virtually every economic sector in the United States. Over the past decade there have been unprece- dented advancements in healthcare, agriculture, transportation and many other industries because of increasingly ubiquitous broadband connections. These connections are helping industries reduce cost, increase efficiencies and rapidly identify and act on op- portunities for growth. Continuing the success of these developments and maintaining the Nation’s global leadership in technological innovation are goals that depend on widespread access to a reliable high speed broad- band connection. Although we have made significant progress on wireline, wireless and satellite broadband deployments, more needs to be done. There is still a disparity in broadband deployment across the country, particularly