1. Net@EDUNet@EDU: Overview on Broadband Mark Uncapher, Senior Vice President & Counsel, ITAA October 1, 2003

2. About ITAA  Established in 1961  Over 400 Corporate Members  Plus global affiliate, WITSA  Offices in Arlington, VA and Silicon Valley  Leader in Public Policy Advocacy  Internet, E-Commerce, Broadband Specialty  Internet Division

3. Discussion over Broadband Should Focus on Benefit to Users Broadband is more than infrastructure investment. ITAA is afraid that limiting to “platform to platform” competition, as opposed, as opposed to intra-module competition, will reduce consumer choices. Need to provide Consumers – be they individuals or businesses – more choices, new choices to broadband applications content and services. No one wants E mpty Pipes.

4. What Constitutes Telecom Sector Recovery? Recovery Requires Unprecedented Convergence of IT and Telecom

5. Demand (User Take Rate) Lags Supply Source: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, July 2001 Percentage of US Homes Supply Demand GAP Demand

6. Drivers of Broadband Demand Source: Primary Research; McKinsey and JPMS analysis Current Broadband *Input from Existing Broadband Subscribers Next Generation Broadband

7. Broadband Vision BROADBAND VISION BROADBAND VISION Competitive Communications Infrastructure Content Services Applications Financial Social Economic Factors Base of Users Hardware Software Devices Economic Investment Infrastructure Rollout Empowered Users

8. Our Industry Supports User Connectivity Choice Consumers should have a right to meaningful information regarding their service; Consumers should have access to their choice of Internet content; Customers should be allowed to run applications of their choice, if they do not harm the provider's network and their bandwidth service plan limits; Consumers should be permitted to attach any devices they choose if they operate within the agreed bandwidth and don’t harm the provider's network; Some have been wary about creating a new set of FCC regulations – including for the first time, regulation of ISPs. High Tech Broadband Coalition Comments to the FCC on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Broadband Access to the Internet Over Cable Facilities June 18, 2002

9. ITAA Supports Diversity Among Broadband ISPs f or Connectivity Choice An alternative, more market –oriented strategy to Connectivity Choice is to continue existing the policies that would promote vigorous competition and variety among ISPs offering wireline high-speed Internet access services. ISP BB competition and diversity also provides market-based assurance to e-commerce companies, that ISPs will not hinder access to their websites or applications. Letting consumers to choose from among a large variety of wireline broadband ISPs uses market forces to promote Connectivity Choice.

10. Transparency about new "fiber to the home" investments to measure progress ITAA has asked for transparency about new "fiber to the home" investments. While the FCC chose not to adopt the mandatory build out metrics that many in the high-tech industry had sought as part of the Triennial Review, reporting requirements are a reasonable substitute approach. Good information is necessary for application, content and others to make informed decisions about the available market. As the Triennial decision moves to the courts, investment transparency could counteract the impression that investment is slowing as a result of litigation.

11. Spectrum and Recovery  Wireless Local Area Networks  Platform for Integration of Multiple Intelligent Devices from Edge of Network  W-LAN Equipment Sales Up 150% since 2000 to over $2 Billion  Enterprise, Home and Public Access Markets  Gartner Research Projects 5.4 Million Users Worldwide this Year

12. VOIP and Recovery Voice Traffic over IP (data) Networks  $1 Billion Global Revenues Application Growing to $7 Billion Plus in Three Years  Provides Phone Number Portability and Many Other Network Efficiencies  Poses Options for Integrating Voice with Other Applications (e.g., Voice E-Mail)

13. Grids and Recovery IT Resources + High Speed IP Connectivity = Global Information Utility  On the Fly Supercomputing  Data Rich Applications in Science, Technology, Mathematics, Engineering, Business and More  Creates Virtual Organizations and Collaborations  Utility Delivers everything from Advanced Simulations to every day Videoconferencing and Webcasting  Pumping IP Traffic to 550 Exabytes by 2008*  One Exabyte = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes

14. Applications and Recovery Other Promising Applications for Immediate Impact:  E-Work  E-Health  E-Education  E-Government  E-Entertainment

15. A Positive, Competitive Broadband Agenda for the Nation Mark Uncapher Muncapher@itaa.org 703-284-5344 www.positivelybroadband.org