Benefits of the FCC Broadband Plan

19.02.2010
The revealed a preview of the National Broadband Plan it intends to propose to Congress next month. The outlines some ambitious, yet reasonable, initiatives aimed at expanding and modernizing access to broadband in the United States.

FCC chairman Julius Genachowski following the unveiling of the FCC broadband plan "It's so important because broadband is essential to fostering 21st century jobs, investment and economic growth. It's also so important because of the vital role broadband must play in advancing key societal goals in areas like education, health care, energy, public safety, democracy, and small business opportunity."

Genachowski continued "In , Congress took the significant step of instructing us to address not only broadband deployment and adoption, but also to look at how broadband can advance a series of 'national purposes.' What was behind that directive, I believe, was a vision of the future that motivates us every day."

The goals laid out by Genachowski include:

•· Every classroom in every school in America should be connected to broadband capable of online learning and remote tutoring

•· Every kid in America should have a real opportunity in school to become digitally literate