NCTA chief urges feds to rethink stimulus plans - InternetNews.com

WASHINGTON -- The head of the leading cable industry association today took aim at the government's efforts to spur broadband deployment, arguing that rather than funneling billions of stimulus dollars into new networks, the money would be better spent on programs to drive adoption of the technology.

Kyle McSlarrow, the president and CEO of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA), made his pitch here at a conference hosted by the Family Online Safety Institute...