The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held a field hearing entitled “Comcast and NBC Universal:  Who Benefits?” on Thursday, July 8, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois.

The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held a legislative hearing on Thursday, June 17, 2010 in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.  The hearing examined a discussion draft of legislation that would provide funding for constructing and maintaining a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network, and for other purposes, and H.R. 4829, the “Next Generation 911 Preservation Act of 2010.”

The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held a hearing entitled H.R. 3101, the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 on Thursday, June 10, 2010.  The legislation would update the communications laws to help ensure that individuals with vision, hearing, and other disabilities are able to utilize fully broadband services and equipment and better access video programming devices.

The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held the fourth in a series of hearings addressing issues raised in the National Broadband Plan on Thursday, May 13, 2010. The hearing, entitled "The National Broadband Plan:  Promoting Broadband Adoption," examined recommendations in the National Broadband Plan for increasing broadband adoption, including ways to ensure that all Americans are able to subscribe to broadband and ways to educate consumers about broadband's benefits.