WITNESS LIST
Regulated Industries Committee
February 22, 2005-12:00A
HB 789
For: Casey, Robin (Texas Cable & Telecommunications
Association)
Flippo, Kristie (Time Warner Telecom)
Gillman, Kyle (Texas Building Owners & Managers)
Grant, Kathy (Texas Cable & Telecommunications
Association)
Hicks, Sheri (TEXALTEL)
Land, Charles (TEXALTEL)
Morrow, Bill (Grande Communications)
Pelto, Tom (AT&T)
Pospisil, Scott (Texas Payphone Association)
Against: Banta, Steve (Verizon Communications)
Camacho, Jose (Valor Telecom)
Carrathers, Charles (Verizon Southwest)
Caswell, Wayne (Self)
Elliott, Paul (Self and Austin Linux Enthusiasts)
Hinkle, Ron (Verizon Wireless)
Hunsucker, Michael (Sprint Corp.)
Lowe, Steve (TROPOS Networks/Intel)
MacKinnon, Richard (Coalition of Texas Community
Wireless Organizations)
Ratliff, Thomas (T-Mobile USA and Western Wireless)
On: Akers, Monte (The Texas Coalition of Cities for Utility
Issues)
Carr, Snapper (Texas Municipal League)
Chapman, Randall (Self and Texas Legal Services Center)
Davault, David (North East Texas Wireless Initiative)
Fuentes-Bautista, Martha (The University of Texas at
Austin Telecommunications & Information Policy
Institute)
Gericke, Ogilvie (City of Corpus Christi)
Gray, Weldon (Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative, Inc
& Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.)
Hudson, Paul (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Inagaki, Nobuya (The University of Texas at Austin
Telecommunications & Information Policy Institute)
Macfarland, Andrew (Texas.net)
Meraz, Gloria (Texas Library Association)
Newton, Jan (SBC)
West, Clarence (Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Howden, Robert (Texans for Economic Progress)
Against: Alexander, Tramell (Verizon Wireless)
Boyd, Christopher (Self)
Grayson, Marion (Self and Belton Wireless Project)
Green, John (OFDM Technologies)
Jones, Lynn (North East Texas Wireless Initiative)
Nelson, John (Taylor CNET)
Ojile, Bill (Valor Telecom)
Rosenthol, Chip (Self and Save Muni Wireless Coalition)
On: Fagner, J (Self)
Fernandez, Carlos (Self and Texas Association of
Broadcasters)
Gilmer, Gary (Texas Telephone Association)
Hunt, Robert (Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative,
Inc.)
Lindsay, Bill (City of Denison)
Reed, William (Self and Technology For All)
Whalen, Ken (Texas Daily Newspaper Assoc. & Texas Press
Assoc.)
Yokubaitis, Ronald (Texas.net, Inc. Internet & Data
Center Services)
HB 898
For: Smith, Lawrence (Self)
Against: Camacho, Jose (Valor Telecom)
Gonterman, Bryan (SBC Texas)
Gray, Weldon (Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative, Inc
& Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc.)
Hunsucker, Michael (Sprint Corp.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ratliff, Thomas (Western Wireless)
Against: Carrathers, Charles (Verizon Southwest)
Denton, Brad (Texas Telephone Association)
Gilmer, Gary (Texas Telephone Association)
Hunt, Robert (Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative,
Inc.)
Ojile, Bill (Valor Telecom)
On: Akers, Monte (The Texas Coalition of Cities for Utility
Issues)