Senate Testimony

[rd@cottonwood.com (Rick Dahlgren)]

We provided testimony to the Senate Commerce Committee for inclusion in the
record of the hearing held a few weeks ago about Consumer Access to
Broadband Networks.

We approached the problem in much the same way that the interstate highway
system approached solutions for scarcity of transport facilities in the
private sector (rail).

The difference is that in this instance, we provide the current bandwidth
providers an opportunity to "voluntarily" provide connections that adhere
to public interest principles that we've advocated for a long time.  If
they do not, communities, counties and other governmental subdivisions may
elect to build, on very advantageous terms, public networks that adhere to
the proposed principles.

We've published our testimony at:

http://www.cottonwood.com/testi.html

Let us know what you think.

Rick Dahlgren
Cottonwood Communications
402-896-2303
rd@cottonwood.com