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The Push for a Real, No-Hype National Broadband Strategy


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June 17, 2009 By

World-class broadband speeds aren't just something leading-edge computer geeks dream about. Fast broadband interconnectivity lies at the heart of American business and agricultural competitiveness. Fortunately the Obama administration clearly sees a comprehensive U.S. national broadband strategy as a federal government priority.

President Barack Obama's first major push to build a high-speed Internet superhighway across America in the form of the $7.2 billion stimulus funding announced in February may be considered insufficient by many. But Michael Copps, acting chairman of the FCC, said whatever has been announced so far is just the beginning; America can expect more doses of impetus coming from the Obama administration that will ultimately connect every citizen to broadband.

Speaking at the International Telecommunication Union's World Telecommunication Policy Forum -- a high-level international meeting to exchange views on key policy issues held on April 21 in Lisbon, Portugal -- Copps said the Obama administration is committed to every American citizen in the broadband plan that's still under formulation.

Copps admitted that the government is fully aware that America is falling behind many developing countries in its broadband reach.

"If you go back in the course of our history, we have always managed to figure out that role with active participation of the public sector and private sector in the early days of building turnpikes, bridges and railroads, rural electricity and basic telecom. The government has always found a way to do all those things," he said.


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