Public Hearing On Early Termination Fees (ETF) - June 12, 2008

Federal Communications Commission - June 12, 2008

The Commission heard from expert panelists regarding the use of early termination fees by communications service providers.

• Replay the Public Hearing Webcast

• All 22 Statements (Acrobat files, zipped, 6.2 MB)

FCC Commissioners:

• Kevin J. Martin
  FCC Chairman
  Statement: Word | Acrobat

• Michael J. Copps
  FCC Commissioner
  Statement: Word | Acrobat

• Jonathan S. Adelstein
  FCC Commissioner
  Statement: Word | Acrobat

• Deborah Taylor Tate
  FCC Commissioner
  Statement: Word | Acrobat

• Robert M. McDowell
  FCC Commissioner
  Statement: Word | Acrobat

Testimony of Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN):

• Amy Klobuchar
  U.S. Senator, Minnesota
  Statement

Panel Discussion 1 - Early Termination Fees: Consumer and Industry Practices and Perspectives:

• Anne C. Boyle
  Chair, Nebraska Public Service Commission
  Statement

• Daniel L. Brenner
  Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy
  National Cable & Telecommunications Association
  Statement

• Thomas W. Hazlett
  Professor of Law & Economics
  George Mason University School of Law
  Statement

• Larry S. Landis
  Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
  Statement

• John F. Murphy
  Senior Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer
  The DIRECTV Group
  Statement

• Patrick Pearlman
  Deputy Consumer Advocate
  West Virginia Public Service Commission,
  appearing on behalf of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA)
  Statement

• Harold Schroer
  Individual Consumer
  Statement

• Lee L. Selwyn, Ph.D
  President and Founder
  Economics and Technology Inc.
  Statement

• Thomas J. Tauke
  Executive Vice President – Public Affairs, Policy and Communications
  Verizon Communications
  Statement

• Molly White
  Individual Consumer
  Statement

Panel Discussion 2 - Legal Implications:

• Seamus C. Duffy
  Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  Statement

• Pamela Gilbert
  Partner, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP
  Washington, D.C. Counsel,
  Cellphone Early Termination Fee Cases pending in Superior Court in Alameda County, California
  Statement

• Christopher Guttman-McCabe
  Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
  CTIA
  Statement

• Chris Murray
  Senior Counsel
  Consumers Union
  Statement

• Alan R. Plutzik
  Attorney, Bransom, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkhaeuser, LLP
  Counsel of Record for Wireless Consumers Alliance in FCC Docket Nos. 05-193 and 05-194
  Statement

• Christopher J. Wright
  Partner, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP
  Statement

6/10/08
FCC Announces Witness List and Further Details of Public Hearing on Early Termination Fees.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

6/5/08
FCC to Hold Public Hearing and Open Commission Meeting Thursday, June 12, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat