New coalition pushes for 'big' broadband... | Sharecatalog

Schools, libraries and health-care providers in the U.S. need broadband speeds of 100M bps to 1G bps in order to adequately serve their customers' needs, according to a new coalition pushing for big broadband for those organizations.

The Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition -- with 28 members including the New America Foundation, the American Library Association, the American Hospital Association and Microsoft -- will push U.S. federal, state and local governments to consider the needs of those organizations when designing broadband deployment plans...