AllThingsD » Recovery Act http://allthingsd.com Sun, 27 May 2012 01:54:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 Personal Democracy Forum: Battle over Broadband http://allthingsd.com/20090630/personal-democracy-forum-battle-over-broadband/ http://allthingsd.com/20090630/personal-democracy-forum-battle-over-broadband/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:49:36 +0000 Marisa Taylor http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=13126 The Obama administration has called for a $7.1 billion upgrade of the nation’s broadband Internet system as part of the Recovery Act, but it will be a tall order for the FCC to create a plan that satisfies both telecom companies and broadband advocacy groups.

That was the takeaway message at a panel discussion of the broadband initiative at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York on Monday afternoon. While more and more Americans may be getting broadband Internet service in their homes, monthly service prices are shooting up, leaving broadband advocates worried that low-income users could be left in the virtual dust.

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