Recent surveys suggest America is seriously falling behind in the global broadband race. Policy makers at the federal and local levels are trying to improve high-speed Internet access across the United States. We discuss the effectiveness of these efforts and examine whether the state of broadband in America is as poor as some suggest.
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The Real Story on Broadband
Listen Tuesday, Jun. 10, 2008 at 12:06 p.m. in Economy, Science, Tech Tuesday, Technology
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Guests
Gigi B. Sohn
President and Founder, Public Knowledge
Robert Atkinson
President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Scott Wallsten
Vice President for Research, Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute; Senior Fellow, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy
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