In his '*Future of the Internet* <https://future.internetsociety.org/>' remarks, *VInt Cerf* alluded to approaching large-scale satellite deployments as a connectivity gamechanger. Last week, leaders of four such efforts visited Washington to update Senators on their progress. Here is a trimmed, brightened, and captioned version of the official video. Go to *the page* <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9514> to view, or read *the txt* <http://isoc-ny.org/misc/2017-10-26_senate_satellite.txt> to skim,. * If anyone has a student they'd like to set to work on 'grammarizing' the transcript, please feel free! [image: US Senate]On *Wednesday Oct 25 2016* the *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation <http://www.commerce.senate.gov/>* held a hearing *The Commercial Satellite Industry: What’s Up and What’s on the Horizon* <https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2017/10/the-commercial-satellite-industry-what-s-up-and-what-s-on-the-horizon>. The hearing examined commercial satellite services and next-generation satellite services affecting consumers. Witnesses: *Patricia Cooper*, Vice President of Satellite Government Affairs, SpaceX; *Mark Dankberg*, Chief Executive Officer, ViaSat; *Stephen Spengler*, Chief Executive Officer, Intelsat; *Greg Wyler*, Founder and Executive Chairman, OneWeb. *Download*: video <http://isoc-ny.org/misc/2017-10-26_senate_satellite.mp4> | captions <http://isoc-ny.org/misc/2017-10-26_senate_satellite.srt> | raw transcript <http://isoc-ny.org/misc/2017-10-26_senate_satellite.txt> Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9514#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9514#comments> *​Permalink* : ​​ http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9514 ​​ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -