<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default">In his '<a href="https://future.internetsociety.org/"><b>Future of the Internet</b></a>' remarks, <b>VInt Cerf</b> alluded to approaching large-scale satellite deployments as a connectivity gamechanger. Last week, leaders of four such efforts visited Washington to update Senators on their progress. Here is a trimmed, brightened, and captioned version of the official video. 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The hearing examined commercial satellite services and next-generation satellite services affecting consumers. Witnesses: </span><strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Patricia Cooper</strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">, Vice President of Satellite Government Affairs, SpaceX; </span><strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Mark Dankberg</strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">, Chief Executive Officer, ViaSat; </span><strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Stephen Spengler</strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">, Chief Executive Officer, Intelsat; </span><strong style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Greg Wyler</strong><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">, Founder and Executive Chairman, OneWeb. </span></p><p></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"> </p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>Download</strong>: <a href="http://isoc-ny.org/misc/2017-10-26_senate_satellite.mp4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">video</a> | <a href="http://isoc-ny.org/misc/2017-10-26_senate_satellite.srt" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">captions</a> | <a href="http://isoc-ny.org/misc/2017-10-26_senate_satellite.txt" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">raw transcript</a></p></div><p class="gmail-m_-2003043232370157398subscribe-action-links" style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:1em 0px 0em;width:auto"></p><table class="gmail-m_-2003043232370157398auto-width" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:auto"><tbody><tr><td style="width:10px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9514#respond" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:10em;border:1px solid rgb(17,114,158);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:rgb(37,133,178);padding:5px 15px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-left:0px;white-space:nowrap">Comment</a></td><td> <a class="gmail-m_-2003043232370157398subscribe-action-link" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9514#comments" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">See all comments</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" class="gmail-m_-2003043232370157398subscribe-wrapper-sub" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_-2003043232370157398subscribe-content" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px 0px 10px"><br></p><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"><strong></strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong>Permalink</strong></div>: <br><a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9514" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"></div>http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9514</a><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="3" class="gmail-m_-2003043232370157398subscribe-footer-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:3px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=10787942&post=9514&subd=isoc-ny.org&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1"></div></div><div class="gmail_default"></div><br></div><br></div>
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