Adelstein: Better Broadband Strategy Needed

Federal Communications Commission member Jonathan Adelstein used One Web Day, an annual global celebration of the Internet's impact on society, to press for a more prominent national broadband strategy. "Contrary to some views, I believe broadband penetration does matter -- we need to tap all our resources," he said. Broadband is slower and more expensive in the US than it is in the countries with which we compete internationally and "consistently, the data tells us something is wrong," he said. Adelstein added that even if the country was #1 by all measures, "we [would] still need to press in a public/private effort to stay on top, as technology evolves."