According to a Reuters news article, the 350+ page report entitled "Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan", was released by the Federal Communications Commission yesterday.
A couple of highlights from the report include:
"A Connect America Fund would receive up to $15.5 billion over the next decade, using money shifted from the Universal Service Fund that currently supports telephone service for the poor and rural areas."
"The plan aims to have 100 million American households get Internet speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) by 2020 - a speed that would allow a consumer to download a two-hour, high-definition movie in less than 10 minutes."
The five member FCC board will be voting this coming Tuesday on whether to release of a summary of the plan. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold hearings on March 25th on the FCC's proposals.
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It will be interesting to see where this goes. I understand the benefits but I'm not entirely sure if I support this.
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