Obama endorses community broadband, tells agencies to support it
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U.S. president Barack Obama plans to use his bully pulpit today to help advance the cause of community broadband. Yesterday afternoon, the white house released a 5 point program to boost local broadband speeds and “support economic growth”, including…
- Ending state laws that “harm broadband service competition”.
- Focusing on local leaders, including holding a local broadband summit at the white house in June.
- Tasking the commerce department with providing technical assistance to local communities that want to develop broadband systems.