Local Officials Call for Broadband Partnerships

CONVENTION SPEAKERS CALL FOR BROADBAND PARTNERSHIPS
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Linda Haugsted]
At the National Cable & Telecommunications Association convention, local government officials argued that their proximity to end users, and knowledge of specific local issues, are the key to strategies to drive broadband to the most rural of users. At a panel of state and local regulators, speakers stated that public/private partnerships are the key to eliminating the digital divide, even to the most rural homes. They decried bills, which several speakers said fail to mandate that new carriers extend new technology to unserved areas, let alone duplicate the service areas of incumbent video providers.
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