A Blueprint for Big Broadband

EDUCAUSE PROPOSES NEW APPROACH TO BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT
[SOURCE: EDUCAUSE press release]
EDUCAUSE, the association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology, proposed bringing the federal government, state governments, and the private sector together as part of a new approach to making high-speed Internet services available across the country. The group said that a new "universal broadband fund" would be necessary so that "Big Broadband" — services of 100 mbps — could be made widely available. The new fund would be part of EDUCAUSE's eight-point Blueprint for Big Broadband Connectivity. The other elements are: (1) leadership, vision, and goals providing overall policy direction; (2) new organizations to make certain the program runs properly; (3) tax incentives for investment; (4) an open and nondiscriminatory network that network operators can't impede or degrade lawful services or applications; (5) state and local government construction of their own networks; (6) enhanced consumer education about broadband services; and (7) increased resources for broadband research.
http://www.educause.edu/PressReleases/1176&ID=1544

* A Blueprint for Big Broadband
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EPO0801.pdf