In the run up to the official announcement of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan, due to be presented next month, we’re beginning to hear more about the FCC’s specific goals for broadband adoption in the US. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski has spoken about the need for universal broadband in the past, and we also reported recently that agency is looking into buying back wireless spectrum from broadcasters.
In his remarks at the NARUC conference (PDF) yesterday, Genachowski offered some more nuggets of information. Perhaps most interesting was the mention of a “100 Squared” initiative — a plan to bring 100 megabits per second broadband to 100 million households across the US. He also said that the US should aim beyond 100 Mbps speeds as well, and touted Google’s plan for a gigabit fiber broadband access as the sort of innovation we need to focus on.
What could this potentially mean for provider? What will this do to pricing/quality?
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