One third of Americans which is about a hundred million people are said to be without broadband at home. The Federal Communication Commission(FCC) submitted the plan to Congress saying that broadband was the greatest infrastructure challenge. Their main goal is to provide speed of 100 Megabits per second compared to an average of 4 Megabits per second which is the internet speed of most American would have right now.
What Government will do
- Connect 100 million homes to super-fast broadband with speeds up to 100 megabits per second.
- Allocate spectrum to allow network updates for wireless broadband.
- Increase adoption rates to 90% and make sure every child is digitally literate before they leave school.
- Encourage greater competition among providers to make prices cheaper and deals easier to understand.
- Use digital switch-over fund to bring cheap broadband to rural areas.
- Provide one gigabit broadband to schools, hospitals and military installations.
References
Internet references
- BBC News, US plans to give high-speed broadband to every American [Online], Retrieved 2nd September 2010, URL http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8569157.stm
