According to FCC Chairman Robert M. McDowell, there isn’t a broadband problem. He wrote an editorial in the Wall Street Journal this week (available without subscription at Free Press) saying that in the US, all of our problems soon will be solved and our broadband dreams will come true. Just so long as we don’t create policy that micromanages the process.
The reports that have come up (such as the OECD report ranking the US at 15th in the world for broadband deployment) are “alarmist”.
McDowell maintains that if you look at sheer numbers – not percentages – the US is still rocking. (OK, rocking is my word.)
It’s interesting reading.
I also think some of the blog counter points are interesting too, such as Broadband Reports’ FCC: What Broadband Problem?
[...] heard so much debate from folks who either agree completely with Copps or from folks who are in complete disagreement and seem to think that the US is doing well and will emerge on top of the charts [...]
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