http://buhlerworks.com/wordpress/2007/05/08/america-the-growing-digital-divide/ Insights for Effective Travel, Tourism & Destination Marketing Today Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:02:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://buhlerworks.com/wordpress/2007/05/08/america-the-growing-digital-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Laura Unger Wed, 09 May 2007 14:52:47 +0000 http://buhlerworks.com/wordpress/?p=267#comment-46 The question is how much of the growth you predict will happen without some sort of public policy intervention to require high speed, affordable build out. There are still too many areas of the country that are underserved and will not be served because they are not profitable enough for companies to spend the money putting in fiber or other high speed access. Other countries have surpassed us because they have these policies. See http://www.speedmatters.org for some examples of policy proposals. The question is how much of the growth you predict will happen without some sort of public policy intervention to require high speed, affordable build out. There are still too many areas of the country that are underserved and will not be served because they are not profitable enough for companies to spend the money putting in fiber or other high speed access. Other countries have surpassed us because they have these policies. See http://www.speedmatters.org for some examples of policy proposals.

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