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June 01, 2009
Everyone wants a piece of the broadband pie, which isn’t that big. The problem is the federal government is treating broadband connectivity the wrong way.
The federal government is about to begin awarding grants to provide broadband services to all who don’t have them, either because they are not available where they live or they cannot afford them. We will know in a few weeks what is meant by “broadband” – it could be services as low as 200 Kbps or it could be at the other extreme and be defined as services providing 50 Mbps or more. My guess is that it will come down to typical DSL and 3G wireless data speeds (768 Kbps up and 1-1.2 Mbps down as a minimum)...
Everyone wants a piece of the broadband pie, which isn’t that big. The problem is the federal government is treating broadband connectivity the wrong way.
The federal government is about to begin awarding grants to provide broadband services to all who don’t have them, either because they are not available where they live or they cannot afford them. We will know in a few weeks what is meant by “broadband” – it could be services as low as 200 Kbps or it could be at the other extreme and be defined as services providing 50 Mbps or more. My guess is that it will come down to typical DSL and 3G wireless data speeds (768 Kbps up and 1-1.2 Mbps down as a minimum)...
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