http://kennethrcarter.com/CoolStuff/2008/02/a-challenge-to-the-next-fcc-chairman-make-the-us-last-in-broadband-adoption/ The Musings of an Expatriate in European Communications Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:52:00 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://kennethrcarter.com/CoolStuff/2008/02/a-challenge-to-the-next-fcc-chairman-make-the-us-last-in-broadband-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Sascha Meinrath Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:11:22 +0000 http://kennethrcarter.com/CoolStuff/?p=7#comment-2 The need to upgrade our legal definition of "broadband" is compelling. 200 kbps in a single direction is inane in a communications age. As Ken points out, the true extent of the broadband morass unfolding in the United States is kept hidden by this sort of definitional obfuscation. A new FCC has an opportunity (and a responsibility) to fix these problems, collect more meaningful broadband data, and ensure that the massive broadband market failure we're experiencing in the United States is corrected. The need to upgrade our legal definition of “broadband” is compelling. 200 kbps in a single direction is inane in a communications age. As Ken points out, the true extent of the broadband morass unfolding in the United States is kept hidden by this sort of definitional obfuscation. A new FCC has an opportunity (and a responsibility) to fix these problems, collect more meaningful broadband data, and ensure that the massive broadband market failure we’re experiencing in the United States is corrected.

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