EVENT: SENATE COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

PARTICIPANTS: FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein; Daryl Bassett, commissioner of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, Little Rock; Rex Nelson, alternate federal co-chairman, of the Delta Regional Authority, Little Rock; David Burdick, director of the Public Library of Pine Bluff and Jefferson County, Pine Bluff, Ark.; Curtis Lowery, chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UAMS, Little Rock; Dominik Mjartan, vice president of Southern Financial Partners, Helena, Ark.; Lawrence Davis Jr., chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; Bob Smith, provost of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; Claire Bailey, director of the Department of Information Systems, Little Rock; John Ahlen, president of the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, Little Rock; James Winnigham, organizing chairman of the Arkansas Broadband Initiative, Little Rock; Sam Walls, CEO of the Arkansas Capital Corporation, Little Rock; Matt Dozier, president and CEO of the The EAST Initiative, Little Rock; Ashdown High School Students; Scott Ford, CEO of the Alltel Corporation, Little Rock; Jeff Gardner, president and CEO of Windstream, Little Rock; Ed Allis, vice president of AT&T Arkansas, Little Rock; Paul Waits, president of Ritter Communications, Marked Tree, Ark.; Maryce Cunningham, manager of community and government relations at SuddenLink, Jonesboro, Ark.; John Jones, vice president for regulatory-government relations at CenturyTel, Monroe, La.; Greg Ashcraft, CFO of the South Arkansas Telephone Company, Sheridan, Ark.; Len Pitcock, executive director of the Arkansas Cable Telecom Association, Little Rock; Gary Massaglia, vice president of Comcast, Little Rock; Dean Gibson, vice president of Pinnacle Communications, Lavaca, Ark.; and Kelly Zega, state manager of public affairs for Cox Communications, Springdale, Ark., testify