Benton Applauds Joint Board Decision on Broadband

BENTON APPLAUDS JOINT BOARD DECISION ON BROADBAND
[SOURCE: Benton Foundation]
On Tuesday, November 20, 2007, the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service (Joint Board) offered what Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Michael Copps said "may well be the most important single action a Joint Board has ever taken." In a set of recommendations the FCC now has one year to vote on, the Joint Board suggested the current definition of services supported by the federal Universal Service Fund be expanded to include high-speed, broadband Internet access. Benton Foundation Chairman and CEO Charles Benton said, "The Joint Board has finally recognized that high-speed Internet services are essential to the nation's education, public health, and public safety needs. With this finding, it is obvious that the our communications goals should include universal availability of broadband Internet services at affordable and comparable rates throughout the country."
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