Internet service speed is fast-track issue for new administration

President-elect Barack Obama's plan to give the entire country speedy Internet service while creating thousands of telecom jobs as part of his stimulus package has come up against a seemingly simple but contentious question: How fast is fast enough? A trade group for mid-sized carriers is recommending building networks with download speeds of 1.5 megabits per second, which would make watching a video on YouTube tedious in the best of circumstances.

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