US, Internet's Inventor, Lags In Web Access

An interview with Thomas Bleha, a former foreign service officer and author of the book Overtaken on the Information Superhighway: How the U.S. Lost Internet Leadership and What to Do About It. He says while access to broadband is certainly an issue, the speed of the connection is even more important. Bleha argues that fiber is the essential broadband infrastructure of the 21st century.