[IP] Re: The embarrassment of American broadband

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Larry Press <lpress@csudh.edu>
Date: April 27, 2009 9:35:52 AM EDT
To: "dave@farber.net" <dave@farber.net>
Cc: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:     The embarrassment of American broadband

Robert Atkinson wrote:

> If the issue is how to increase broadband adoption levels in the  
> United
> States, the Pew data implies that the unavailability of broadband   
> facilities is not the major problem.


That is only one issue.  Reasonably priced, symmetric, high speed  
connectivity with its implications for the culture and economy is  
desired by and important to many.

We are about to replace our copper access network with fiber and  
wireless.  We will then live with that network for decades.  The  
question is not whether we will move to a next generation network, but  
who will own and control the network?

Larry Press





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