Top-quality,
universal broadband essential
As the United States competes in the global economy,
affordable high-speed Internet access is more vital
than a telephone line and far less available. It's
essential for the nation to come up with an effective
strategy in 2007 to ensure that every American can
get broadband service by the end of the decade.
The Internet opens the world and equalizes it like
no other tool ever invented. Children can tap into
vast libraries of information and great teachers,
no matter how isolated their homes or how bad their
schools. Consumers can find the latest goods for
the lowest possible prices, no matter where they
live, and download a variety of entertainment with
the click of a button. Individuals can bond with
friends, family and even strangers, thanks to the
Internet's many communications channels: voice,
e-mail, instant message, photo, video, Web page,
blog. Businesses, whatever their niche, can locate
anywhere and connect with customers worldwide. MORE>>
Carphone tries new free broadband push
Carphone Warehouse is to make a renewed push of
its free broadband service to TalkTalk customers.
Chief executive Charles Dunstone says the group
has almost caught up with the backlog of disappointed
customers forced to wait weeks for the service.
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Altus
agrees to add wireless broadband
ALTUS -- City administrators have a verbal agreement
with a Tulsa-based public trust and a Cherokee Nation
company to purchase a wireless broadband system
that would offer residents telephone, television,
and Internet service, Altus City Administrator Mike
Nettles said Tuesday.
The licensed microwave broadband system would be
owned and operated by the city of Altus and in place
this summer if financial details can be finalized
and approved with Community Communications Authority,
a public trust that has partnered with Cherokee
ConneX to bring wireless broadband service to rural
Oklahoma. MORE>>
