U.S. Cities Weigh Broadband Access

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002292820_munibroadband30.html

Leonard Ray, president of the Fiber to the Home Council, which supports the development of high-speed Internet, said providing access is important beyond telecommuting or sending videos of your daughter to your grandparents.

“It goes to the productivity and security of this country years down the road,” he said. “Will this country have the electronic infrastructure to remain on top?”

Seattle Times technology reporter Tricia Duryee publicizes the ubiquity of municipal legislative initiatives aimed at bringing broadband access to the digital masses.

Unfortunately, the question remains if America possesses an adequate electronic infrastructure to sustain the country’s superpower status in the new millennium.

30 May, 2005 |

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