President To Speak On Value Of Broadband

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Source: Broadcasting & Cable

President Barack Obama said Friday he would travel to Michigan next week to talk about the importance of broadband access.

Reclaiming spectrum and using it to deliver wireless broadband to 98% of the country is one of the key elements of the President's innovation agenda, according to a White House report released Friday. He also talked about the wireless initiative in his State of the Union Speech Jan. 25.

Read more: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/463502-President_To_Speak_On_Value_Of_Broadband.php

[rug]

1. Boldly wading into another controversy.

[Snellius]

2. The Information Superhhighway should be a Public Freeway

At this point free access to information is as important as public transportation and roads.

[burrowowl]

7. and a hell of a lot faster

compared to other developed countries the US is slow and New Mexico is one of the slowest in the US

[boppers]

11. Filled with detours, potholes, roadblocks, speed limits, requiring a license to use...

I'm not sure public roads are the best metaphor, especially when a large hunk of the country is blocked up by snow that our public services are unable to handle.

[JanBrady]

3. What are his plans to ensure 98% of the country can AFFORD it?

[Toon Me Out]

6. excellent point

what you said!

[progrocktv]

10. After FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski ENCOURAGED metered billing...

...I'll believe it when I see it!

[Safetykitten]

13. Well look how affordable HC is! His plans are always models of economic common sense.

[msongs]

4. internet access should be a public utility not controlled by campaign donors nt

[PoliticAverse]

5. Does the President think he should have an "Internet kill-switch"? n/t

[Bluebear]

14. +

[brentspeak]

8. Taking hard stances on soft issues; soft stances on hard issues n/t

[emilyg]

9. +++++

[Safetykitten]

12. Does anyone sense a pattern here? If he is talking about how important a thing is...

that "thing" is going away as we know it and will be replaced by something better, well better for you because corporations say so.