Senate Commerce Committee to Hold Broadband Plan Hearing March 23

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The Senate Commerce Committee has confirmed that it will
hold its hearing on the FCC's nationalbroadband plan on Tuesday, March 23.

The House Energy & Commerce Committee will hold its
hearing on the plan March 25.

The plan was officially released March 16, but staffers from
both committees have already gotten briefings on its high points.

The Democratic leadership of both committees have praised
the plan and its underlying goal of ubiquitous broadband in a world whose
economy and entertainment and social and government interactions are
increasingly moving online.

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.