Thanks for the comment, Laura. Let me point you to Jim Baller's Eight Bold Steps to a National Strategy (pdf).
P Fleck | 04.06.07 - 12:17 pm | #

There are so many important reasons for rural broadband development - monitoring of weather, market prices, crop reports, access to suppliers, banking -- the list goes on and on. And that is in addition to all the other benefits of the internet that everyone enjoys. The problem is that building really high speed connections (like FTTH) is expensive and many companies do not want to make the investment. First we need a broadband map of America to show what is available in every part of America, what speeds, at what costs. Then we need a public policy to figure out how to make sure that America has high speed, affordable internet nomatter where you live. Othe countries have done it and we need to do it too. For some policy proposals see http://www.speedmatters.org.
Laura Unger | 04.06.07 - 11:14 am | #