South Dakota US Senator John Thune brought the committee chairmanship of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to the Sioux Falls Carnegie Town Hall on October 12, 2018 to talk about 5G internet heading our way.
This video is the post hearing press conference where we were asked by the Senator’s staff to make sure we joined in the fun.
It was difficult to record the actual meeting because the new media systems in Carnegie failed, big time, and the media was NOT happy.
South Dakota US Senator John Thune invited six local and national leaders to Sioux Falls in the hope of drawing attention to the speed and reliability of the next wave of internet.
As the committee chairmanship of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation This trip to the Sioux Falls Carnegie Town Hall on October 12, 2018 appeared to be a way to show off how technically savvy Sioux Falls in the hope to talk about the 5G internet heading our way.
The first thing he ran into was a brand new overpriced substandard audio / video system many of us tried to make sure met the needs of the Carnegie Town Hall Chamber. The video and audio are not high quality because the $290,792 spent forced Cameraman Bruce to use a directional microphone and record the most of the hearing from the overhead screen. It’s the best we can do when given crap to work with?!?
Our previous administration left us a great raspberry to show the world we needed him?
As Congressional committee hearings go, it was timed and orchestrated (except for the equipment failures) to allow the patient presenters give their testimonies.
Brendon Carr, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC.
Mayor Paul TenHaken, Sioux Falls, SD
D. Jose-Marie Griffiths, Pres. Dakota State University, Madison, SD
Robert Fisher, Sr. VP., Fed. Gov. Affairs, Verizon, Washington, DC
Justin Forde, Sr. Dir. Gov, Relations, West Fargo, ND
Mark Shlanta, Chief Executive Officer, SDN Communications, Sioux Falls, SD