Livestream: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Broadband Policy
January 6th, 2010 admin

Today we’re coming to you live from the GigaOM HQ in San Francisco, where FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has joined us to talk about broadband . The hour-long forum, which will kick off at 10 a.m. PT, will see Om and Stacey asking the chairman questions related to everything from broadband access to competition to innovation. Chairman Genachowski will then take questions from the audience. For those that are unable to attend in person, tweet your questions beforehand to @gigastacey or @om or shoot Stacey an email to her first name@ gigaom.com. We hope you can join us!
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