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New data: 40 percent in U.S. lack high-speed Internet access at home
 Roughly 40 percent of Americans do not have high-speed Internet access at home, according to new Commerce Department figures that underscore the challenges facing policymakers who are trying to bring affordable broadband connections to everyone.Since when did this become a policy issue ... 40 lacking it would imply 60 percent -- a majority -- do. Since it's a growing majority it represents a bandwagon to be jumped with credit to be taken down the road. The Obama administration and Congress have identified universal broadband as a key to driving economic development, producing jobs and bringing educational opportunities and cutting-edge medicine to all corners of the country. Expect Bambi to propose universal broadband reform ... ''We're at a point where high-speed access to the Internet is critical to the ability of people to be successful in today's economy and society at large,'' said Larry Strickling, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an arm of the Commerce Department that released the data today. Posted by: Fred 2010-02-17 |
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