COMMON SENSE SHOULD BE APPLIED TO BROADBAND GAP

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: July 16, 2004 8:40:21 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] COMMON SENSE SHOULD BE APPLIED TO BROADBAND GAP
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COMMON SENSE SHOULD BE APPLIED TO BROADBAND GAP

Langberg calls the "broadband gap" the overblown concern that other
countries are deploying high-speed Internet access faster than the  
United
States. The problem is one of demand, not supply. Half of online  
households
in the United States have broadband, up from less than 10% four years  
ago.
Almost all residents of suburban and urban America now have access to
either cable modem or DSL service. More people will switch to broadband,
Langberg predicts, when they are enticed with attractive new services  
that
offer clear benefits to offset the extra cost of broadband. He  
concludes,
Politicians and regulators should be working hard to remove any  
unnecessary
barriers to continued broadband growth. But going further -- into  
subsidies
or policies deliberating favoring one approach to broadband over  
another --
would be a big mistake. We shouldn't mess with the free market just  
because
a small number of valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are  
nervous
about how long it will take them to profit from the broadband boom.

[SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News, AUTHOR:Mike Langberg]
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/ 
9168618.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp>


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