$6 billion, broadband, and impatience - FierceTelecom

To summarize and reiterate what Levin said at the State of the Net Conference last week for the former groups:

1) There is some - but nowhere near perfect - overlap between these stated goals: economic stimulus to create jobs, national broadband deployment, and management oversight to minimize waste, fraud, and abuse.

2) To be effective, an economic stimulus package has to be timely, targeted and temporary. There's not a lot of room for creativity; you have to use existing programs.

3) Public policy goals for national broadband need to address the unserved and the underserved - people who don't have fiber (yes, Blair said fiber), produce a national network for public safety, and include a robust competitive market for broadband.Bottom line: The $6 billion in the economic stimulus package is a down payment for national broadband, not the cure-all.

$6 billion, broadband, and impatience - FierceTelecom

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