Senate Communications Subcommittee Slates Broadband Adoption Hearing

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The Senate Commerce Committee's Communications subcommittee has scheduled a hearing Oct. 29 on broadband adoption.

No witnesses yet, but the hearing will be looking at how to increase adoption, including the challenges of reaching various groups and regions.

Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D- W. Va.) has not been shy about advocating for better connectivity in his home state.  The same goes for Communications subcommittee Chairman Mark Pryor of Arkansas.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.