We need more users (and how the stimulus can help)

May 6, 2009

Yesterday I was in Tampa, FL attending the 43rd KMB Conference where I participated in a lively roundtable discussion about a host of issues related to the stimulus, the formation of a national broadband plan, the benefits of broadband usage in healthcare and education, and what goals we should set for our country's broadband future. I'll link to the video from this discussion when it goes online next week.

But for now I wanted to touch on an interesting thought I heard while there from Rick Cimerman from the NCTA. He suggested that the stimulus should focus on creating new users over new competition...