Five Democrats on the House Commerce Committee urged majority leaders to hold a...
Five Democrats on the House Commerce Committee urged majority leaders to hold a hearing to examine communications performance and reliability in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. The request came in the form of a letter sent by Commerce Committee Ranking…
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Member Henry Waxman, Calif., Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, Calif., Reps. Edolphus Towns, N.Y., Frank Pallone, N.J., and Eliot Engel, N.Y. “A hearing would allow us to investigate the reliability of the communications networks, to identify and highlight best practices and, where necessary, to address potential vulnerabilities in our communications infrastructure,” the letter said. The Democrats said they wanted to examine the performance of wireless and fiber optic networks in light of AT&T and Verizon’s plans to phase out support for traditional copper line networks. “We are concerned by accounts suggesting that those with corded telephones running on copper-line networks were able to communicate while those relying on wireless services or fiber-optic cables were not,” they said. A spokesman for the majority members did not comment.