Sparky's
Apr 27, 2004, 09:14 PM
There is never an end to the bickering.
In a rare foray into technology topics, President Bush has lent his support to a broad set of proposals that include a deregulatory approach to wiring America with fast Internet connections.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5200196.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
Bush's proposal is both incremental and deregulatory. It touts the introduction of low taxes, more available spectrum and limited regulation as the way to encourage private companies to bring broadband to the shrinking number of Americans who do not have it. A survey released last week by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that approximately 55 percent of Net-using Americans enjoyed a broadband connection at home or work.
The Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, is expected to release his own proposals on broadband and other technology themes in the next few weeks. Reed Hundt, a Kerry advisor, said this month that the Democrat is likely to take a more regulatory approach: Defining broadband as a new category of universal service, which could result in city dwellers paying higher monthly phone bills to subsidize rural and low-income broadband customers.
In a rare foray into technology topics, President Bush has lent his support to a broad set of proposals that include a deregulatory approach to wiring America with fast Internet connections.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5200196.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
Bush's proposal is both incremental and deregulatory. It touts the introduction of low taxes, more available spectrum and limited regulation as the way to encourage private companies to bring broadband to the shrinking number of Americans who do not have it. A survey released last week by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that approximately 55 percent of Net-using Americans enjoyed a broadband connection at home or work.
The Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, is expected to release his own proposals on broadband and other technology themes in the next few weeks. Reed Hundt, a Kerry advisor, said this month that the Democrat is likely to take a more regulatory approach: Defining broadband as a new category of universal service, which could result in city dwellers paying higher monthly phone bills to subsidize rural and low-income broadband customers.
