Broadband needs a new direction
C|Net | at | by Mike
The expansion of phone monopolies in the Baby Bells, such as Verizon Communications and SBC Communications, must be handled carefully. If it is not, the United States could drop even further behind other nations in the implementation of broadband, damaging our economy, increasing consumer Internet bills and hampering the recovery of the Internet and telecommunications sectors.
The United States already lags behind much of the industrialized world in terms of how many of its people currently use broadband Internet service. For example, in Hong Kong, 66 percent of Internet homes have high-speed access, compared with just 17 percent in the United States.