Universal Internet access: not as simple as it appears
03 Jul 2009
Internet advocates have been saying for years that America needs policies to ensure “universal access,” but that’s a more complicated goal than just saying “everybody should have access to the Internet.” A former Obama advisor says government needs to determine what levels of access should be universal—how fast is fast enough? And another part of universal access is making sure the Internet doesn’t fragment into multiple, mutually incompatible networks.
