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National Broadband Plan Creator Speaks

Blair Levin of the Aspen Institute and creator of the National Broadband Plan comments on this 350+ page document is this video interview at the 2011 Broadband Properties Summit.   In this interview, he discusses the NBP's broadband speed definition, as well as the transition to a universal service model for broadband.  Joan Engebretson has a good article in today's Telecompetitor that highlights her discussion with Mr. Levin and echoes what is heard in this interview.  

To get the perspective of the NECA President and CEO NECA's regarding the Broadband Plan, click here.

2 responses to “National Broadband Plan Creator Speaks”

  1. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    If the benchmark is 100 Mbps, how does setting a minimum of 4 Mbps and funding just to that level help the nation get closer to that goal?
    And the 4 Mbps shouldn't have been based on what people need — USF is "to advance the availability of such services to all consumers, including those in low income, rural, insular, and high cost areas at rates that are reasonably comparable to those charged in urban areas".  Four Mbps is not comparable to 8 Mbps or 10 Mbps.  Anyone know what the median broadband speed is?

  2. Emmett Smith Avatar

    it was good to be able to put a face on the commie who wrote this National Broadband plan and hear even him ponder that 100Mb was going to cost  100 billion  of some one else's money (yours and mine).

    Normal
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    I have Verizon's 3Mb service and watch movies, videos like this one, make all my calls while I'm watching videos, check my email and typically have 6 different video windows open, like I do now, plus my son plays his XBox online while I'm doing all of this.. Can't imagine any individual needing more. The thing is that if you get 100Mb, your money won't be paying for it. My money will be paying for it. I don't need 100mb. I don't want 100Mb. And, lastly, I don't want to pay for you to have 100Mb. Your government is going to take your money and put in 4Mb whether you want it and need it or not. What kind of country does that kind of thing? The same kind that says it's deregulating telecom and then leaves the TelCos regulated but forces them to sell their private property for 80 cents on the dollar?
    Now that they are claiming that bin Laden has been killed, will millions of Americans go back to work and move back into their homes? Oh wait. That wasn't bin Laden. That was our leaders deciding how to spend our money and give it to the bankers and oil companies causing thousands of businesses to go broke.
    Boadband is already covering the vast majority of the country.  People are not buying it because they don't have jobs and money. This plan will make matters worse.

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