Getting to Universal, Affordable Broadband

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GETTING TO UNIVERSAL, AFFORDABLE BROADBAND
[SOURCE: Benton Foundation]
On the eve of a missed national broadband goal, today the Benton Foundation releases Universal Affordable Broadband for All Americans, a report and roadmap for making broadband access as universal as telephones are today. The report calls for an aggressive new approach, a national broadband strategy, and efforts to modernize federal universal telephone service policies to help meet the challenges of connecting all Americans to broadband. It’s now becoming abundantly clear that President Bush has yet to achieve his 2004 campaign promise for universal, affordable high-speed Internet connections by the year 2007. Nonetheless, as 2007 comes to a close, acting National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) head Meredith Baker has indicated the White House will soon release a report claiming broadband deployment is on track thanks to Bush administration policies.


Getting to Universal, Affordable Broadband