[isoc-ny] VIDEO: Maximizing the benefits of broadband w/ Tom Wheeler + Blair Levin

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A day after FCC Commisson
er Michael O’Rielly ​ declared that
"Internet access is not a necessity or human right
<https://www.fcc.gov/document/commissioner-orielly-remarks-internet-innovation-alliance>
​
<https://www.fcc.gov/document/commissioner-orielly-remarks-internet-innovation-alliance>."​
FCC Chair Tom Wheeler's remarks at Brookings were more favorable. Noting
the many social benefits high speed Internet access brings to society, he
called for expansion of programs to bring connectivity to all, including
subsidies and competition. He also emphasized open networking - and it's
history way back to the birth of telegraphy, a subject upon which - it
turns out - he has written a book
<http://www.harpercollins.com/web-sampler/9780061129803>. If short on time
skip to the post-speech chat <https://youtu.be/qJuSDp32vjE?t=2269> with
Blair Levin.



   joly posted: "On June 26 2015, the Brookings Institution presented
Maximizing the benefits of broadband in Washington DC. FCC Chairman Tom
Wheeler spoke, and then sat down with Blair Levin, former Executive
Director of the National Broadband Plan, for a discussion. Vid"

 On *June 26 2015*, the Brookings Institution <http://www.brookings.edu/>
presented *Maximizing the benefits of broadband
<http://www.brookings.edu/events/2015/06/26-maximizing-benefits-broadband-wheeler>*
in Washington DC. FCC Chairman *Tom Wheeler* spoke, and then sat down
with *Blair
Levin*, former Executive Director of the National Broadband Plan, for a
discussion. Video is below.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJuSDp32vjE?rel=0>

*View on YouTube*: https://youtu.be/qJuSDp32vjE
*Skip to discussion*: <https://youtu.be/qJuSDp32vjE?t=2269>
​​ <https://youtu.be/qJuSDp32vjE?t=2269>
https://youtu.be/qJuSDp32vjE?t=2269
*Captioned version on C-SPAN*:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?326813-1/fcc-chair-tom-wheeler-broadband-policy
*Book Sampler - Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails*:
<http://www.harpercollins.com/web-sampler/9780061129803>

​​ <http://www.harpercollins.com/web-sampler/9780061129803>
http://www.harpercollins.com/web-sampler/9780061129803
*Twitter*: #fcclive <https://twitter.com/hashtag/FCCLive>

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