National Broadband Plan gets released.

[Data Holmes]

Details can be found at www.broadband.gov

Here's the vid of the FCC chair announcing the plan

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYf2AVCdzZw[/yt]

Here is the youtube Q&A with the chair following the announcement

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHmFekhcnmU[/yt]

What say you?

 

[John Picard]

Too bad, like every bureaucracy, it will be moving at the speed of molasses.

 

[Talosian]

Australia is investing 31 *billion* U.S. dollars over the next eight years to provide a nationwide fiber optic network that will connect 90% of homes.

 

[John Picard]

The US would be a truly spectacular country if it would quit investing in improving or building the infrastructure of damn near every other country on the Globe.

Unfortunately, basic needs such as sewage systems, streets, and electrical service are deemed as "not sexy" and only get attention when they break down.