Friday, July 17, 2009

Can you fix broadband in the U.S? Tell Google, FCC How | Telecompetitor

Looking to cast as wide a net as possible in the search for good ideas, Google and the New America Foundation have launched a website, using Google Moderator, through which anyone can submit ideas that may wind up being considered by the FCC as it strives to come up with a National Broadband Plan that it can deliver to Congress by a February 2010 deadline.

The two organizations have teamed up for this effort in support of the FCC’s call for “maximum civic engagement” in developing a national broadband strategy. Google set out its own vision as to how to best make broadband Internet available and affordable for all Americans to the FCC two weeks ago...