For Immediate Release
CONTACT: Jeff Sharp, jeff@themanitou.co, (202) 285 7040
WASHINGTON DC (March 12, 2019) – Today INCOMPAS member company Fatbeam will head to Capitol Hill, where its CEO Gregory Green will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology in a hearing entitled, “Legislating to Safeguard the Free and Open Internet.”
In response to Mr. Green’s testimony, Chip Pickering, CEO of INCOMPAS released the following statement:
“Demand for streaming and cloud is central to fiber network growth in rural America. Fatbeam and Greg Green build super fast, state-of-the-art fiber networks that service main street business and schools across America’s heartland.
“We are pleased the House Energy and Commerce Committee has invited Fatbeam to testify in support of strong net neutrality policy. As a small ISP, Fatbeam invests and builds the future of our internet infrastructure, believes we must protect bipartisan open internet principles that prevent blocking, throttling, paid prioritization while ensuring interconnection enables streaming and cloud services to thrive.”