commissioner michael o'rielly, one of three republicans on the commission, this weekest reporter is margaret mcgill. o'rielly, the last couple of months have been a challenge for everybody. but especially for the industry.ions what's changed? everyone ishink faced with the difficult circumstances from the covid-19 pandemic. communications network as a whole seems to be holding quite well. don't like to promise anything or congratulate anybody too ifly, so we'll have to see things hold. but i'm pretty impressed where things are now. beenveryone's lives have thrown up in the air. i'm being interviewed from my bedroom. in the nursery and i did a press conference basemas' basement where all the toys are. trouble.is facing and more people are having more circumstances more difficult i do. so we're all living through this together. >> is this a permanent change in our lives? aboutl, i don't know that. i have to defer to some of the health experts. terms of some of the issues, some of the certainlyhome issues, conferences being done through more likely to increase over time. i wouldn't say this is the new

host: margaret harding mcgill. rgaret: on the performance of the networks, we have heard from broadband companies and from their trade groups that their networks are performing well. what kind of work is the f.c.c. doing to validate that, to investigate on its own how networks are performing? comm. o'rielly: we have a whole team that looks at these issues and we'll, i'm sure, have a number of reports as we go forward, as we examine lessons learned and what does this mean and how those performance numbers have looked like. what i've heard from the chairman have been pretty positive data points in terms of what the network has responded to, all the increases. i think that's a testament to how well we've been willing to have good policy lead to investment in the united states. and that should be a feather in our cap compares to other -- compared to other nations around the world. margaret regardless of the : performance, one big issue has been, as peter mentioned, people who don't have access to broadband. that's espec

tremont let's bring margaret harding mcgill into this conversation. >> thanks, peter. the fcc launched i keep americans connected pledge a few months ago with the idea using broadband providers were promised not to cut off americans who can't pay for the internet service because of the coronavirus pandemic. that pledge expires june 30. do you think the sec needs to extend it? >> guest: i would defer to the chairman. he worked hard to get established, over 700 companies agree to the pledge and they lived through it through to a f months. i have heard from some parties that it is becoming very difficult on the revenue side for them to hold the pledge going forward. we'll just have to see and i'll take my cues from the chairman and his program. i'm mindful of what it means for americans that are facing difficulties going forward. there's the tension of how long can you stretch the inevitability? the back fees, do they get exonerated, do they get lost? were not just talking about penalty fees. more talk about the actual rates themselves. is that money not going to be colle

commissioner michael o'rielly, one of three republicans on the commission, this weekest reporter is margaret mcgillo'rielly, the last couple of months have been a challenge for everybody. but especially for the industry.ions what's changed? everyone ishink faced with the difficult circumstances from the covid-19 pandemic. communications network as a whole seems to be holding quite well. don't like to promise anything or congratulate anybody too early, so we'll havto

. >> host: margaret harding mcgi mcgill. >> on the performance of the networks we heard from companies and from their trade groups that their networks are performing well. what kind of work is the sec doing to validate that and to investigate on its own how that works? >> guest: we have a whole team that looks at these issues and the data points and i'm sure, we will have other points going forward as we examine lessons learned and what it means and i have heard from the chairman that has been positive data points in terms of what networks has responded to the increases so i think that is a testament to how well we have been willing to have good policy and lead to the united states and that should be a feather in our cap compared to other nations around the world. >> regardless of the performance, one big issue has been people who don't have access to broadband and that is especially important during children who need to do their schoolwork virtually. given that some schools may rely on some form of remote schoolwork in the fall what can the fcc do in the coming months to ensure that c

michael o'rielly, one of three republicans on the commission, and our guest reporter this week is margaret mcgillmmissioner o'rielly, the last couple of months have been a challenge for everybody. but especially for the communications industry. what's changed? >> well, i think everyone is faced with the difficult circumstances from the covid-19 pandemic. the communications network as a whole seems to be holding quite well.