WASHINGTON, November 18, 2009 - The opening speaker of a summit focused on improving broadband penetration to minority and low-income areas of the country, and criticized advocates of Net neutrality for being out of touch with the needs of minorities as he attempted to enlist the mantle civil rights leader Martin Luther King into his cause.
“[L]et us remember the worlds of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face-to-face with another problem,’” said Julius Hollis, the founder of the Alliance for Digital Equality, in prepared remarks.
“If we fail to find common-ground on the issues before the U.S. Federal Communications Commission relative to the rulemaking governing broadband adoption, the financing of broadband infrastructure and the over-arching issue of net neutrality, the long-term socio-economic chaos that will be inflicted upon our society would be far too devastating to comprehend,” warned Hollis.
Hollis delivered his remarks Wednesday during his group’s 2009 Minority Broadband Summit, which was held at the Newseum with roses on the table and a view of the Washington skyline.
Hollis dove into the issue of Net neutrality or whether the FCC should step in and regulate internet access...
October 13, 2009, Event Will Consider Broadband's Impact on Health Care and Telemedicine; Second in a Series on 'Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan'
Press Release
WASHINGTON, October 9, 2009 - Dr. Ted Eytan, Medical Director for Delivery Systems Operations Improvement with Kaiser Permanente, has joined the panel of experts for the next Broadband Breakfast Club, “Setting the Table for the National Broadband Plan: Health Care,” on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at 8 a.m.
The series, which will run until February 9, 2010, one week before the Federal Communications Commission's plan is due to Congress, will continue the Broadband Breakfast Club’s year-long tradition of inviting top experts and policy-makers to share breakfast and perspectives on broadband technology and internet policy.
The panel on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, is the second in the series. It will consider: How will broadband affect burgeoning controversies over health care? Are the cost savings available through telemedicine as good as promised? Will information technologies be part of the solution - or just another complicating factor in the intricate medical system?
Confirmed Panelists:
Dr. Adam Darkins, Department of Veterans' Affairs
Dr. Ted Eytan, Medical Director, Delivery Systems Operations Improvement, Kaiser Permanente