Reed Hundt
Reed Hundt
Reed E. Hundtis probably best known as the chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission from 1993 to 1997. Appointed by President Bill Clinton, he served for most of Clinton's first term. He was succeeded by William Kennard. Hundt is the CEO of the Coalition for Green Capital and a senior advisor to GTCR, a private equity firm. He is on the board of a number of technology companies, including Intel Corp., and the Connecticut Green Bank. Most...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth3 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
Ed's not the type to rely on a lot of glitzy presentation. He's made some huge bets, and I think he's been absolutely right about them. His business decisions speak louder than his words.
The reverberations at first will be subterranean, but they will be of earthquake proportions.
The auction of AWS spectrum is primarily important because it creates the opportunity to change the market structure of the cellular industry.
They are not selling the crown jewels of WorldCom, just some cubic zirconium from MCI.
The New Orleans calamity proved overwhelmingly the government's inability to solve chronic, fundamental problems with communications. No one in the government has shown leadership on this issue, and now the results are tragic.
Congress has repeatedly passed laws and otherwise raised a ruckus about indecent language on the broadcast airwaves used for radio and television.
There's no doubt whatsoever the FCC has jurisdiction in this area, ... We always have the right and responsibility to investigate any use of the public airwaves that has an effect on the public interest, particularly the interest of children.
This is what President Clinton called for in the 1994 State of the Union address, ... and we delivered.
(Cable) has a very powerful infrastructure. It's got a tremendous ability to deliver high-speed Internet access. I think people will find that cable has many, many more channels to offer, making it even more attractive relative to its competitors,
As a result of this order and the WTO agreement, we predict that the average price of an international call will drop from 88 cents today to 20 cents five years from now,
Ed would say that I didn't pass the right rules and that my successors didn't pass the right rules. But the vagaries of regulation have not gotten in the way of his dream, and he's made his business dream come true.
Broadcasters don't have any First Amendment obligations or statutory obligations to carry hard-liquor ads. I've been saying, please just say no to this,
The public owns the airwaves; Congress gave them to broadcasters for free, with the understanding that they would serve the public interest while trying to maximize profit. An aspect of serving the public is to use the immense power of electronic media to reflect evolving standards of respect for other people.
We still don't have to do this if broadcasters turn down the bags of bucks. A failure of broadcasters to reaffirm the voluntary ban is likely to lead to an outcry that would justify a notice of inquiry.