Broadband Accessibility, Affordability, and Adoption

Speaking at the Internet2 Spring Member Meeting, Federal Communications Commission member Mignon Clyburn focused on the interrelation between accessibility, affordability, and adoption.

"[I]f we create incentives for more service providers to deploy networks in underserved areas," she said, "this should lead to competition, which should make services more affordable. More affordable services, in turn, encourage more consumers to adopt advanced communications services such as broadband." She warned that without access to affordable IP-based broadband service, the most challenged communities will fail to enjoy the significant opportunities that broadband service access has to offer. Commissioner Clyburn views Internet2 as an essential organization to efforts that consistently further the goals set forth in the National Broadband Plan.