Logarithmic bandwidth goals for America's national broadand strategy

The debate surrounding what bandwidth goals should be set to guide the creation of America's broadband policies suffers from a gaping chasm between arguments for aspirational vs. "realistic" benchmarks.

Those in the "realistic" category often limit themselves to goals as low as 25Mbps, arguing that going any higher potentially rules out technologies like DSL, which may be easier/cheaper/faster to deploy...