President-elect Obama has called for spending $44 billion on broadband, according to the story being discussed on Slashdot:
Slashdot | Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion
I think it’s about time that the U.S. got its broadband act together. Everytime broadband is discussed, someone brings up the excuse that that U.S. can’t have as good Internet service as other countries for the reason that it’s more geographically dispersed. The problem is no one can explain why the most important city on Earth, New York City, doesn’t have broadband at the level of rural Scandinavians.
The second interesting part about this plan is the “universal” aspect. As we become a more and more digitized society, it makes sense that Internet access be provided to everybody the same way that phone service is. Granted, you don’t need a phone to live, but you do need one to live well. So too for Internet service.
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