FCC Chairman: Broadband Plan Holds Economic Benefits

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 5:34PM
Talk Radio News Service (Admin) in Broadband Imperatives, FCC, Laura Smith, News/Commentary, community

By Laura Smith, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski described efforts to provide nation-wide broadband as a major infrastructure challenge and outlined some of the economic benefits the plan could provide.

"If you want to find a job in any Fortune 500 companies in this country, you have to go online. Well what does that mean for the country right now in this economic community? We need to find ways to get everyone online," Genachowski said Tuesday during remarks made at an event for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

Genachowski added that in addition to the role broadband can play in increasing opportunity for employers, broadband can also aid in reducing government costs by encouraging agencies to place more of its services online.

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