U.S. Broadband Chief: Philosophy can wait | Personal Democracy Forum

Things just got interesting over on the BlogBand. That's the unfortunately named blog written by the folks ensconced within the FCC who are leading the effort, mandated by the stimulus package, to finally cobble together some sort of comprehensive national plan to bring more, faster, and cheaper broadband Internet to the United States.

Blair Levin, the sort of agent without title over on the commission, is pushing back against a criticism that the organization's broadband corps has focused its early efforts on shining a spotlight on the current state of Internet in the U.S., rather than actually coming up with a new, and needed, philosophy of connectivity. Yes, the commission's series of nearly two dozen workshops has been webcast. And yes, the FCC is joining the rest of us in the 21st century by getting jiggy with Twitter, Facebook, and more. Yes, chairperson Julius Genachowski is sitting in the spotlight at the Gov 2.0 Summit next to tech luminary Tim O'Reilly, talking up the sparkling appeal of broadband...