i'm mark iannuzzi. aitkins competitive carrier providing telecommunications and and of broadband services. we are headquartered in troy michigan and we michigan and we are privileged and proud to be the communication service provider district offices in kalamazoo and saint joyce -- saint joseph michigan. it offers a complete range of essential communications services to small to middle sized businesses including classic voice ip telephony posted ip applications and advanced data networking services. this increasingly connected world we help unify and simplify all the ways that businesses communicate and collaborate, providing them big business solutions to small businesses and prices that they can afford. today i am pleased to appear on behalf of cantelle. nearly two-thirds of the members are small to middle sized businesses. a majority of which have $10 million or less in revenues and fewer than 100 employees. however the dna of these companies is about entrepreneurs serving entrepreneurs. a little bac

mark iannuzzi, this morning. his company, telnet worldwide, offers valuable services to the businesses of michigan. at issue this morning is the transition to ip-based communications networks. as some of our witnesses have noticed, this transition is already underway and has the potential to confer significant economic and technological benefits on our people. but we need to learn more about what that transition means for the future of communications in this industry and particularly as to how it will affect the consumers. incumbent carriers make the very valid point that they are required to maintain tdm networks at great cost despite the fact that only 30 percent of all americans used ilec switched networks in 2012. it is my view that the billions spent to maintain legacy networks can be be more efficiently based and invested in ip-based networks that will be the backbone of the 21st century telecommunications. this part will help advance the goals of the 2010 national broadband plan. with that said, i understa

we will now go to mark iannuzzi. we are thankful that you are here today to represent the industry and yourself and please turn on that microphone, pulled up close and we look forward to your comments as well. thank you for joining. german, chairman upton, ranking member anna eshoo comer making member waxman and each member of the committee thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. i am mark iannuzzi of telnet providing telecommunications and broadband services headquartered in jolie michigan. we are also very privileged and proud to be the communications service provider to chairman upton's district offices in kalamazoo michigan. we offer a range of essential communications services for small to middle sized businesses including classic boies come ip telephony, host of ip applications and advanced data and network services. in this increasingly connected world, we help unify and simplify all the ways that business is communicate and collaborate providing them big business solutions to small businesses a