The Digital Migration: Toward a New Telecom Act

On February 14, 2005, the University of Colorado School of Law welcomed then-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell to present a keynote address at the Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program Symposium, ‘‘The Digital Migration: Rewriting the ‘96 Telecom Act.’’ After being introduced by thenColorado Secretary of Innovation and Technology Leroy Williams, Chairman Powell was asked to offer his remarks in the context of a talkshow format with Professor Phil Weiser, his former Department of Justice colleague, as the host. At the close of his remarks, Chairman Powell participated in a question-and-answer session also moderated by Professor Weiser. What follows is an edited transcript of a talk-showlike exchange between Chairman Powell and Professor Weiser, as well as the question-and-answer session.