Examines the find a path to get to 'Big Broadband' surmounting blockages and avoiding pitfalls. Critical issues and attractive solutions were advanced.
The world is changing rapidly in ways that require policy makers and others to understand just how dangerous the current telecom infrastructure position of the U.S. is for its economic well-being and its international competitiveness. The Japanese have now further raised the bar. They are moving rapidly to full Fiber-to-the-Business (FTTB) and Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) with networks currently up to 100 Mbps to the home, easily upgradeable to Gbps, and 1 Gbps to businesses, also further upgradeable. Their current DSL deployments already match those of Korea, and thus both countries have capabilities superior to what is available for the public in the U.S.
