Private Investment and the National Broadband Plan

Having worked for over 9 months to figure out how America could have the healthiest broadband ecosystem in the world, one consistent theme is the health of that ecosystem depends heavily -- in fact, primarily -- on private investment.

If we get the implementation of the mobile piece of the Plan right, we can precipitate a massive private investment boom and build a world-leading broadband ecosystem. And if we get it wrong, we will cause our economy to suffer huge losses in wealth and jobs, our competitiveness diminished as other countries surge ahead, riding over the wireless networks of the future.