our guest is the senior republican from the federal trade condition is ajit pai. and monty taylor is here. commissioner pai, this is the longest we have gone on the "the communicators" without using the word spectrum. what is your current thinking and how do you see the schedule? is the fcc on time when it comes to the spectrum auctions? >> the demand is increasing and it is more critical for the fcc to bring more spectrum in the commercial marketplace. we have not had a major spectrum auction since 2008 but i am happy to say we are taking the first step with 10 megahertz of option. and we are looking at the auction which television broadcasts would purchase spectrums. and there are host of other options. i don't want to let it go what mentions there is a 5 giga hirtz and they will have up to 500 available for super wi-fi. and i have seen it in person. one giga of data per second is a real possibility. the technical standard exist and devices are being shipped that incorporate radios and transmit and receive those giga hirtz. >> the h-block, not many par participan

is theguest this week senior republican on the federal communications commission, ajit pai. we also have the associate editor of communications daily. this is the longest we have gone without using the word spectrum. what is your current thinking and how do you see the schedule? is the fcc on time when it comes to the spectrum option? question the intent of consumer demand has increased since i became a commissioner. more critical for the fcc to bring more spectrum. it is unfortunate we have not had a major spectrum option since the bush administration in 2008, i am happy to say we are taking the initial first step with the spectrum which will raise money. we are looking at the broadcast and set of options in the longer-term by which television broadcasters would voluntarily relinquish some spectrum. there is a host of other spectrum options when it comes to license by terms. -- spectrums. there is a tremendous opportunity and what is known as the five gigahertz band. this is an area where the commission has teed up the possibility of having up to 195 megahertz available for

our guest this week is the senior republican on the federal communications commission, ajit pai. joining us in our conversation is monty today low, associate editor at "communications daily." this is probably the longest we've gone on "the communicators" without using the word spectrum. [laughter] what's your current thinking, and how do you see the schedule -- is the fcc on time when it comes to the spectrum auctions? >> guest: well, i think that without question the intensity of consumer demand has only increased since i've become a commissioner, certainly over the last several years, so it becomes more critical to bring more spectrum into the commercial marketplace. it is unfortunate that we've not had major spectrum auction since the bush administration in 2008, but i'm happy to say that we are taking initial first step with the auction of ten megahertz of spectrum later this month, what's known as the h block auction that will raise over $1.5 billion it is hoped. and in the longer term, we're looking at broadcast auction which would be purchased by wireless carriers, and the

this week on "the communicators" is the senior republican on the federal communications commission, ajit pai. commissioner pai, this is the week that the net neutrality decision came down and part of your response to this -- i will read it to our audience and have you expand a little bit. >> that is my statement. first, peter, thanks for having me back. my statement sigfi

in a statement ajit pai said carrie is gone but the death is not in vain to take action if someone calls 911 they connect with the emergency personnel. with the national emergency number association dedicated to improving 911 services says that the issue is more common than people may think. >> so for every day goes by without the federal legislation to resolve this problem, millions of americans in hotels and college dorms and office buildings are put at risk. >> updating the systems could potentially save lives. after learning about the incident, the hotel general manager took matters into her own hands at the newly opened hotel in long view, texas. configuring the phone systems to directly access 911 took just hours she says. >> well the nature of the business is making people safe. i have children and i wouldn't my child feeling like she could is saved my life if she dialled 911 and couldn't do it because of the system. >> she just did it. she knew what was right and she hated something happened and she did it. >> the hunting are not giving up the fight for a new law that could be st