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  Biography of Reed Hundt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Chairman Hundt is strongly committed to pursuing the vision of the President and Vice President to network every classroom and library in the United States to the information superhighway by the year 2000.
Hundt was a partner in the Washington office of Latham & Watkins, a national and international law firm.
Reed Hundt was named Chairman of the FCC by President Clinton and was sworn in by Vice President Gore on November 29, 1993.
www.fcc.gov /commissioners/previous/hundtbio.html   (692 words)

  
 You say you want a revolution
Lyrics from the Beatles’ "Revolution" provide the title for Reed Hundt’s account of his four years as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission: "You say you want a revolution/ Well, you know, We all want to change the world." This is the journal of what Reed Hundt did with his chance to change the world.
Hundt recounts his being summoned before Republican leaders in early 1995 to be reminded in blunt language of who had won the elections -- as if he didn't know.
Instead, Hundt's small planet of an FCC is constantly pulled in opposite directions by the powerful gravitational tugs of larger bodies -- in his case the Capitol and the White House.
users.rcn.com /jimjohn/hundt.htm   (1443 words)

  
 Ken Auletta :: Articles - Selling the Air
Reed Hundt, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, which was established by the 1934 act, says that 1995 "may be the most important year in the history" of American telecommunications.
Hundt's hopes for a bipartisan approach this year suffered a setback on January 9th, however, when Republicans who spoke during hearings that Pressler was conducting to shape new telecommunications legislation suggested, as Pressler had in December, that government--and, by implication, Reed Hundt--was the enemy.
Hundt pointed out that Liberty had said it was willing to pay a fee to be connected to wire that Time Warner had laid, just as Time Warner would have to pay a fee to a Baby Bell for access to telephone customers.
www.kenauletta.com /sellingtheair.html   (4519 words)

  
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Hundt, who served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1993 to 1997, is currently the chairman of The Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS) at The Aspen Institute.
"Reed Hundt has compiled an impressive record of achievement in both the public and private sectors," said Royce J. Holland, chairman and CEO of Allegiance Telecom.
Hundt is a graduate of Yale College (1969) and Yale Law School (1974), where he was a member of the board of the Yale Law Journal.
www.algx.com /about/1998/hundt.jsp   (429 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Assessing the Future of the FCC After Michael Powell's Departure -- March 3, 2005
REED HUNDT: Here's a big concern when the FCC is trying to pass regulations about media businesses and also trying to be the police force for the content.
REED HUNDT: Well, Congressman Barton yesterday was able to elicit from a number of the COs in these merging companies statements about how they thought that they would be investing more in the network, more in broadband.
REED HUNDT: The country should know that Congressman Barton is the leader in promoting wireless broadband, that he has a great plan to have a whole bunch of spectrum be dedicated to wireless broadband.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/media/jan-june05/powell_3-3.html   (2565 words)

  
 Variety.com - Hundt's over at FCC
Hundt is fond of boasting that he is the only campaign donor who gave to both Clinton's and Gore's first efforts for elected office.
Hundt's critics complain that he is too close to the White House, especially Gore, noting that the FCC is supposed to be an independent agency that answers to Congress.
Hundt said the novel "Elm City Diners" takes place in New Haven during 1969 and 1970, and is based on experiences that take place before he met President Clinton at Yale Law School.
www.variety.com /article/VR1116677961?categoryid=14&cs=1   (1070 words)

  
 Reed Hundt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reed Hundt was chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
Appointed by President Clinton, he served for most of Clinton's first term, resigning in 1997.
After leaving the FCC, Reed has worked as an advisor to McKinsey and Company and to the Blackstone Group.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reed_Hundt   (95 words)

  
 FCC, Cyberspace, Reed Hundt- CJR, July/Aug 95
Indeed, Hundt has recently found himself on the short end of votes at the five-member commission, unable to depend on the support even of his two fellow Democrats, the FCC veteran James Quello and Susan Ness, who have often sided with Republicans Andrew Barrett and Rachelle Chong.
As soon as he was appointed in 1993, Reed Hundt charged from the chute like a Barcelona bull - or perhaps a new age New Dealer, itching for hands-on contact with telecommunications issues.
Hundt projected himself as the polar opposite of Ronald Reagan's first FCC chairman, Mark Fowler, who once decreed that television was nothing more than a "toaster with pictures," and deserved about the same level of government regulation.
archives.cjr.org /year/95/4/cyberia.asp   (4669 words)

  
 Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt Nominated To Intel Board Of Directors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
From 1993 to 1997, Hundt served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the agency responsible for overseeing U.S. telecommunications and broadcast policy.
Hundt graduated magna cum laude in 1969 from Yale College, where he earned his bachelor's degree in history with exceptional distinction.
Hundt has been nominated to take the board of directors seat being vacated by Gordon E. Moore.
www.intel.com /pressroom/archive/releases/20010411corp.htm   (441 words)

  
 Amazon.com: You Say You Want a Revolution : A Story of Information Age Politics: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hundt piles on the praise so high that any object of his affection must feel that such a feat is within their power to be easily accomplished before breakfast.
Reed Hundt presided over one of the most dynamic periods in the history of the FCC, when the established players in the telecommunications industry saw the balance of power radically upset by the emergence of the Internet.
Hundt's book is an adventure tale that stretches from the rainy skies of Redmond, Washington, to the hearing rooms of Washington, D.C., to the residence of the American Ambassador to France.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300083645?v=glance   (2748 words)

  
 Communications Headlines
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt announced this afternoon that he will be stepping down from the Commission.
Hundt noted the Commission's work to "put the power of communications into the hands of every child" as his greatest accomplishment.
Hundt pointed out that since the beginning of the Clinton Administration, 12 million new jobs have been created -- 8 million in the communications industry.
www.adec.edu /user/headlines/1997/update05-27.html   (535 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hundt trumpets his FCC accomplishments, and there were significant ones, including re-orienting the agency to foster competition in the market rather than continuing the FCC's legacy of babying the telephone monopolies.
Hundt also treats this book as his own personal scrapbook.
What's most annoying is Hundt's chutzbah in claiming credit for much of the wealth that the Information Age generates.
www.reed-electronics.com /eb-mag/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA42922   (400 words)

  
 Communications Failure
Hundt oversaw the passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, which changed the face of the media industry.
Hundt spoke with Mother Jones about the ruling, which he says has left his friends in Congress "perplexed, dumfounded, outraged, aghast, troubled, mystified, and bewildered," about the transformation of the FCC, and about what can be done to fight the rule changes.
Reed Hundt: I think that for those who believe in the marketplace of ideas, it was a day that will live in ignominy.
www.motherjones.com /news/qa/2003/07/we_440_01.html   (1511 words)

  
 Intel Executive Bio -- Reed E. Hundt
Reed E. Hundt has been a director of Intel since 2001 and is Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Board.
Hundt is a principal of Charles Ross Partners, a private investor and business advisory service.
Hundt was a partner in the Washington, DC office of Latham and Watkins, a national and international law firm.
www.intel.com /pressroom/kits/bios/bod_rehundt.htm   (264 words)

  
 EETimes.com
Hundt, 49, who announced last week he is stepping down as FCC chairman after three tumultuous years, redirected the debate over a U.S. digital-TV transmission standard in ways no one imagined when he took the FCC's helm in November 1993.
Hundt succeeded in shifting the focus from high-definition TV, the cause célèbre of broadcasters and the consumer electronics industry, to the PC-friendly notion of "digital TV," a phrase Hundt said he adopted "in order to not be trapped in the lingo of high definition."
Hundt referred during his resignation news conference last week to the Clinton-Gore campaign manifesto, "Putting People First," saying it was his guide as FCC chairman.
www.eetimes.com /news/97/957news/reed.html   (1021 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Telecommunications Reform
HUNDT: I'd call it the "Invest in America Act," because the purpose of this bill is to open all communications markets to competition and all the businesses as a result of that will be investing even more in our communications sector.
HUNDT: Well, the Department of Justice and the FCC are going to do their darnedest to make sure that we don't let monopolies get re-constituted.
HUNDT: No. The chip isn't expensive, but it really will only be truly affordable when it is in every television so that the economies of scale will lower the price to a dollar or two.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/cyberspace/telecom_2-8a.html   (1936 words)

  
 IT Architect | Q & A With Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt | January 26, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Reed Hundt: There is definitely that familiar smell of boom in the air again.
Hundt: What's extremely interesting is the long-desired convergence of data and voice, which has naturally been given an acronym that would be meaningless to the user, VoIP.
Hundt: The good news is, that the power of the Internet is such that the regulators at the FCC and for the most part at the state level are afraid to say that they want to regulate the Internet.
www.itarchitect.com /shared/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=17500933   (1746 words)

  
 CDG : News & Events : FCC Chairman Reed Hundt Delivered Poignant Comments To Support Global Harmonization on Third ...
Hundt also participated in a press conference with Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG and former Senator Larry Pressler, delivering comments supporting global harmonization on third generation wireless standards issues.
Hundt, a clear proponent of U.S.-developed CDMA technology, said: ‘The European direction is to have governments control technological change, to limit competition in the market, and to focus not on consumers or cost efficiencies, but instead on short-term business advantage.
Hundt's speech included the following: "One of the predictable byproducts of Europe's GSM standardization was all that Europe found itself behind the curve of technology as CDMA was perfected.
www.cdg.org /news/press/1998/jun24_98.asp   (432 words)

  
 Reed Hundt's Last Stand: Did You Say Reform Or Deform? | Perspectives | CNET News.com
Moreover, Reed Hundt had just completed his fait accompli: assuring that libraries and schools would have access to low-cost Internet connections, at the cost of a measly $2.5 billion increase to the universal service fund.
It is our impression that Reed Hundt and the FCC finagled the support of the Internet community solely to accomplish their own objectives.
Reed Hundt spent his entire career in the legal profession, not in either business or technology.
news.com.com /2010-1071_3-281045.html   (1910 words)

  
 TPMCafe || Hopes and prayers
Hundt, who has no knowledge, experience, or expertise in military affairs, insists (as he does) that (1) capturing Osama is an indispensible immediate goal of the war against the Islamofascists, and (2) a massive troop commitment would accomplish that goal, then he owes an explanation of both.
Hundt's position is its abject ignorance of the subject matter of his criticisms and his failure to provide any intelligent explanation of what he is demanding.
Hundt's monomania on this issue betrays a ignorance that appears to be shared by a number of participants on this Blog.
www.tpmcafe.com /story/2005/7/14/202624/976   (4490 words)

  
 Sun's Mad Hatter and Reed Hundt
Reed Hundt, former FCC chairman, lobbed out a grenade that I'm sure will get some pundit-chewing over the next week.
Hundt wants a $20 charge per month per (U.S.) household over a three year period to generate an estimated $50 billion dollars to cover the cost of putting in fiber to every home.
Reed, a Clinton-era appointee, uses the justification of "We're already inflicting HDTV on consumers and they really don't want it" as a supporting argument.
www.theinquirer.net /?article=10457   (679 words)

  
 www.GovExec.com - FCC Chairman Resigns (5/27/97)
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt today announced his resignation after more than three years, citing his desire to spend more time with his family.
Hundt, who was named to the chairmanship by President Clinton and took office in late November of 1993, still has almost a year to go in his current term.
Hundt's resignation came as no surprise to industry sources, but it touched off wide speculation about who the White House will nominate to replace him as chairman.
www.govexec.com /dailyfed/0597/052797t2.htm   (400 words)

  
 Wired News: After Hundt, a New Cast for the FCC
For one thing, Hundt was notorious for a couple of personal campaigns he would launch into whenever a microphone appeared.
Hundt helped head off a lobbying blitz by the telephone companies to make ISPs pay per-minute access charges, from which they have been exempt since the mid-'80s, and his attitude helped keep that issue out of a recent order reforming the access charge system.
She reportedly was eyeing the Chairman's post, but her perceived status as a Hundt protege as well as the lack of a big-name backer in Congress has left her flailing in the breeze.
www.wired.com /news/politics/0,1283,4121,00.html   (1149 words)

  
 Variety.com - Hundt gets ready for FCC post
Newly confirmed Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt says he's ready to stoke up the engines on the information superhighway, but he hasn't made up his mind on whether the fin-syn rules have outlived their usefulness.
Hundt declined to take a stand on a memo written by a top execexec at Tele-Communications Inc., the nation's largest cable operator, that urged TCI system managers to raise certain cable rates and then place the blame on government regulators.
Hundt, a partner in the D.C. office of Los Angeles-based law firm Latham & Watkins, is no stranger to Hollywood, having practiced law in L.A. for five years in the late 1970s.
www.variety.com /article/VR116064?categoryid=18&cs=1   (426 words)

  
 Wired News: FCC Chair Wants Universal Net Access - and He's Serious   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hundt, a technologically forward-looking but politically embroiled Clinton appointee, has a habit of opening meetings with ill-timed, sometimes off-putting jokes.
Hundt's policy papers and speeches have quietly put forth a vision of free Net access for everyone in the United States, including the homeless.
Hundt followed up this grand display of telco-bashing polemics with a press release on 7 November that disclosed that the FCC in the coming months will seek to require that affordable telecom services be made available to all classrooms.
www.wired.com /news/politics/0,1283,645,00.html   (1047 words)

  
 NOVELL: Reed E. Hundt Appointed to Novell Board of Directors
"Reed Hundt brings exceptional insight and perspective to how we translate the technology of the Internet and telecommunications to the communities of business, information and society," said Dr. Eric Schmidt, CEO and chairman of the Board of Directors of Novell.
Hundt said, "From my vantage point, Novell is building the software lane of the information highway that leads America into the 21st century.
Hundt was chairman of the FCC from 1993 through 1997, and was instrumental in the implementation of the historic Telecommunications Act of 1996 to promote competition and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies.
www.novell.com /news/press/archive/1998/07/pr98085.html   (412 words)

  
 LiNE Zine - Wiring the Classroom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A speech by Reed Hundt at the Unwired Universe Conference July 25, 2000.
A speech by Reed Hundt at the Symposium on Hot Chips at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers on August 26, 1997.
Reed E. Hundt, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the nation's chief regulatory agency for media and communications industries, sat down with LiNE Zine Publisher, Brook Manville, to discuss those questions and more.
www.linezine.com /2.1/features/rhbmwtc.htm   (2122 words)

  
 Yale SOM Advisory Board - Reed E. Hundt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hundt was a partner in the Washington, DC office of Latham & Watkins, a national and international law firm.
Hundt serves on the boards of directors of Intel, Pronto Networks, Tropos Networks, Polyserve, Entrisphere, and Access Spectrum.
Hundt is a magna cum laude graduate of Yale College, earning a Bachelor of Arts with Exceptional Distinction in History (1969).
mba.yale.edu /advisors/board_profiles/hundtr.shtml   (258 words)

  
 VentureBlog: Reed Hundt, Unleashed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Reed Hundt, former chairman of the FCC, just delivered an interesting keynote address which presaged his upcoming book, "The Once and Future Boom." Normally,...
Hundt's assertions simply serve to politicize wireless even further (and it's hard to imagine anything more political than communications).
Hundt's legacy is FCC policy that amounts to nothing more than chaos.
www.ventureblog.com /movabletype/mt-tb.cgi?__mode=view&entry_id=198   (371 words)

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