Tuesday, April 26, 2005

NPR: Slipping Behind on Broadband

NPR's Talking Point with host Tom Ashbrook and guest Thomas Bleha, now available via the Web: http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2005/04/20050426_a_main.asp "Slipping Behind on Broadband - Once a leader in Internet innovation, the U.S. is now falling behind Japan and other Asian countries. Recent statistics show that the "basic" broadband services in American homes are among the slowest, most expensive, and least reliable in the developed world.... According to a new article in the Foreign Affairs journal by former Foreign Service officer Thomas Bleha, the broadband technology lag will cost America in such areas as economic growth, increased productivity, and a better quality of life. ... "Hear a conversation on the future of Internet innovation in the U.S."

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