CenturyLink: Universal broadband depends on public, private partners

The US federal government’s universal broadband goals can only be achieved by public and private entities working together, according to Tom Gerke, executive vice chairman of CenturyLink, whose brand recently supplanted that of its latest acquisition, Embarq.

“Broadband for all Americans just isn’t going to happen without public-private partnership,” Gerke told a keynote audience on the first day of the Supercomm trade show Wednesday. “CFOs on just private money can’t get there...”