Report calls for U.S. policies to encourage faster broadband

The U.S. government should be doing more to encourage broadband deployments with speeds of at least 50Mbit/sec. in order to encourage a new generation of innovative and job-creating companies, a new report says. U.S. policy makers need to look beyond the $7.2 billion in broadband money in the recently passed $787 billion economic stimulus package and set goals of next-generation broadband service for the entire country, says the report.

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