From 3G Wireline to NG Wireline: Towards a Policy of Bandwidth Abundance

Speaking at the Broadband Communities Summit, Gig.U Executive Director Blair Levin talked about moving the Washington debate about tax hikes and budget cuts to the Silicon Valley frame – how do we make everything faster, cheaper and better. Unlike in wireless, where one can envision 5G, 6G and other incremental wireless generations, we have known for some time what the end state, or the NG wireline network, would be. It is a fiber-­‐based conduit with upgrades made possible not by new conduit but by electronics at the edge and advances in software.