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The Promise of Broadband–Is the Umpteenth Time a Charm?

in News on December 30, 2008 at 10:01 am PT

In an article in The Wall Street Journal today comes the news that “President-elect Barack Obama’s call to improve the nation’s broadband infrastructure has cable and phone company lobbyists maneuvering to get a leg up.” To BoomTown, this is akin to Scrooge making his overnight transformation, except without any soul, sincerity or true intent to actually care about the consumer. God help us, everyone.