"We must upgrade our communications infrastructure in every corner of this country. And we must do a better job of making innovative communications technologies more widely available and affordable to everyone. All of our citizens should have the opportunity to maximize their potential through communications, no matter where they live or what challenges they face. To promote the communications needs of everyone in this country, we should focus on improving access to broadband services, modernizing universal service, and protecting diversity, competition, and localism in our media."
-- Jonathan Adelstein Feb 1, 2007. Testimony before Senate Commerce Committee
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-270200A1.doc
"We need to undertake a multipronged approach, because we have terrible data. We need a national broadband strategy with thresholds, and we need to create incentives for innovation and competition. We also need to commit some USF (funding) for this as well."
-- Adelstein at Senate Commerce Committee hearing Feb 1, 2007 as reported by TelecomWeb -- "Senate Committee Grills Full FCC Panel"
http://www.telecomweb.com/tnd/21518.html