The Technology Policy Institute

July 16, 2009

July 20th Event: Reforming Universal Service

July 20th Event:  Reforming Universal Service

 

For Immediate Release
July 16, 2009

Contact: Ashley Creel
(202) 828-4405

 

The universal service program is coming under increasing pressure: expenditures for old-fashioned voice service, especially in the high-cost fund, are growing rapidly even as many policymakers are calling for the fund to also include broadband.  Even without including broadband, consumers are already paying higher taxes for these increased expenditures.  This seminar will address questions of how to reform the fund, including ways of controlling growth in the high-cost fund, such as reverse auctions, and how to incorporate broadband in an efficient and equitable manner.

 

 

12:00 Noon

Registration and Buffet Lunch

12:15 PM

 Introduction

  • Thomas Lenard, Technology Policy Institute

12:20 PM

 

Panel Discussion

  • Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, WilmerHale
  • F.J. Pollak, TracFone Wireless, Inc.
  • Gregory Rosston, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Researc
  • Scott Wallsten, Technology Policy Institute

 

 

1:15 PM

Q&A Session 

2:00 PM

Adjourn


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