Audio recordings of presentations delivered at the December 17-18 telecom conference sponsored by Heartland, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. More than two dozen speakers addressed a wide range of topics, including telecommunications taxes, universal service reform, municipally owned telecommunications systems, telecommunications reform and economic growth, and competition in telecommunications.
| AUDIO OF PROGRAM (click links to download audio file in mp3 format) |
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| Friday, December 17, 2004 | |
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| 7:15 – 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
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| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast (4.5mb) |
| Hon. Steve Rauschenberger | |
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| 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Panel: Economic Benefits of Deregulation (11.5mb) |
| Barry Aarons | |
| Sonia Arrison | |
| Sean Parnell | |
| John Rutledge | |
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| 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon | Panel: Discriminatory Telecom Taxes (10.1mb) |
| Deborah Bierbaum | |
| Annabelle B. Canning | |
| Scott Mackey | |
| Hon. Steve Rauschenberger | |
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| 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (5.9mb) |
| John Rutledge | |
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| 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. | Panel: Obsolescence of Telecom Regulation (19.6mb) |
| Debra Aron | |
| Ed Hurley | |
| Hon. Scott Jensen | |
| Barry Keating | |
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| 3:15 – 4:30 p.m. | Panel: Reform of Universal Service (22.8mb) |
| Bob Blau | |
| Paul Garnett | |
| Raymond Gifford | |
| Steven Titch | |
| Joe Waz | |
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| Saturday, December 18, 2004 | |
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| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast (6.5mb) |
| Ray Gifford | |
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| 9:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Panel: Municipally Owned Broadband (11.0mb) |
| Joseph Bast | |
| Dave Buhler | |
| Phil Montgomery | |
| Ron Rizzuto | |
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| 10:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon | Panel: Competition in Telecom Market (11.0mb) |
| James L. Gattuso | |
| Hon. Theodore J. Kanavas | |
| Diane Katz | |
| Paul Mancini | |
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| 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (6.5mb) |
| Hon. Bill Owens | |
