Biden's Broadband Plan Is a Good Start--but America Needs Guaranteed Broadband for All

[Thaddeus]

Biden’s Broadband Plan Is a Good Start—but America Needs Guaranteed Broadband for All[link:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/broadband-infrastructure-biden/|

By Victor Pickard and David Berman in The Nation

During the past year, Covid-19 drove much of our lives online—from remote working to telehealth appointments, virtual classrooms to Zooming with friends and loved ones—making us more aware than ever of how vital Internet access is to almost every facet of our daily lives. It is a core infrastructure and an essential utility—on par with water and electricity—upon which our basic ability to communicate depends.

President Biden’s proposal to expand high-speed Internet access as part of his infrastructure bill affirms that broadband is an essential public service. It embraces the government’s responsibility to counteract the market’s failure to provide adequate Internet access to millions of Americans. By prioritizing universal service, it offers a glimpse of what a more democratic Internet might look like. Although it’s far from a foregone conclusion that the proposal will be enacted, this moment provides us with an opportunity to push policy-makers to deliver on these promises while envisioning something even bolder.


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[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. Restore net neutrality.

So that the private companies can't give more bandwidth to people that choose to pay. The speed needs to be equally distributed,no one should have better access than others.

Fuck the whole tierd
Bullshit game. Equal speed equal access.

Fuck the corporate rich so called elite.

They deserve nothing but what we all have.
The rich whiners need to get over themselves. They are not special or more deserving than anyone else. Fuck them and what they want.


Equal net for all.