SENATOR ROCKEFELLER INTRODUCES BROADBAND RESOLUTION
[SOURCE: TMCNet, AUTHOR: Greg Galitzine]
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV has introduced a resolution calling for the
creation of a National Broadband Policy with the goal of becoming a 100
Megabit Nation by 2015. Sen Rockefeller believes that, A national broadband
policy is critical to the future of our country, and, would provide a
tremendous social and economic benefit, to all Americans. He cited popular
video and social networking sites such as YouTube and MySpace and how they have
become such integral parts of society. He stressed that those popular sites are
just scratching the surface when it comes to the transformational power of
broadband. Sen Rockefeller proposed a roadmap towards establishing a set of
goals. The first step in going somewhere is to know where you are going, and
the same is true in public policy. By the end of 2007, we should establish a
national goal and pass a series of policy actions designed to achieve our
national goal. There will likely be multiple parts to the plan, and we will
likely need to modify those parts over time. But if we do not have a plan, we
cannot expect to accomplish our goal. Sen Rockefeller suggests policy actions
such as tax incentives to spur the private sector to act more aggressively in
pursuit of this goal. He believes that Government should offer low-interest
loans, and he calls for reform of the Universal Service Fund to encourage
broadband deployment.
http://internetcommunications.tmcnet.com/topics/broadband-mobile/articles/6779-senator-rockefeller-introduces-broadband-resolution.htm
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