over the next nine or so months. >> host: this is "the communicators" program, our guest is mignon clyburn. cecilia kang of "the washington post" is our guest reporter. next question. >> host: what two or three items in the broadband plan are nonnegotiable in your mind, they must be accomplished for the fcc to be successful? >> guest: universal service reform. the contribution factor is over 15%. that's unsustainable. the way in which we communicate is changing. we have to have 21st century solutions. we've got a 20th century infrastructure as it relates to the current usf regime. that has to change. public safety. nonnegotiable. 9/11 showed us, and i'm from hurricane alley. i am from charleston, south carolina, and the season starts pretty soon. we have got to have a network, an interoperable network. we've got to have our first responders able to communicate with each other regardless, without regard for distance, without regard for jurisdiction. those two things are nonnegotiable to me, they're at the core of what makes this nation function in terms of communications, in terms of public safety. those

. >> our guest is mignon clyburn, federal communications commission commissioner, cecilia kang is our guest reporter. >> what to were three items in the broadband plant are non- negotiable in your mind for the fcc to be successful? >> universal service reform. the way in which we communicate is changing. we have to have 21st century solutions. we have a 20th-century infrastructure as it relates to the correct usf regime. that has to change. public safety is non-negotiable. 9/11 showed us -- i am from hurricane alley, and the season starts pretty soon. we have got to have an networked -- and network of first responders able to communicate with each other without regard for distance, without regard for jurisdiction. those things are non-negotiable to me. they are at the core of what makes this nation function in terms of communication and public safety. we have got to find a way. we are going to began a proceeding on usf reform. we have a notice of inquiry that talks about cyber security. we knew how important those things were. >> was there any discussion about the allocations of what