FCC Unveils Plan To Beef Up Broadband

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I just heard good news that the US Government is planning to make our information infrastructure better and more accessible to everyone! Awesome! Now if we can only get affordable health care to every single American too!

Obviously the United States is the most awesome, super-special nation in the world, but one way in which we are not number one is our internet. Sure, we have the greatest percentage of YouTube superstars and websites devoted to naked pictures of people's ex-girlfriends, but compared to other nations, our internets are slow. Very slow -- We're number 26 in the world according to a report by the Communications Workers of America.

But fear not: Our government is on the case. The FCC yesterday unveiled its plan to bring us into competition with internet speed demon nations like Japan and Sweden, laying out six goals to make America more cyber-y. Here they are:

* 100 million homes should have affordable access to download speeds of at least 100Mbps and upload speeds of 50 Mbps.
* The U.S. should lead the world in mobile innovation.
* Every American should have affordable access to robust broadband service.
* Every American community should have access to at least 1 Gbps broadband service to anchor schools, hospitals and government buildings.
* First responders should have access to a nationwide wireless public safety network.
* Ensure that America leads in the clean energy economy.

Wait a minute, FCC, you want every American to have fast internet? Even the ones I don't like? How is that patriotic? I say, it's a socialist plot cooked up by Freemasons and reverse-vampires to get our kids hooked on Hulu videos and crack.

Okay, not really. I think speeds of 100Mbps would be freakin' amazing in terms of downloading apps, playing online and quick reading of Harry Potter fan fiction. The gaming implications of faster more stable connections are obvious. Sure it'll be expensive (estimates range from $20 and $350 billion) but it's worth it when tax-payers support the things I am interested in.

If you'd like to read the entire National Broadband Plan, here's a link to the document. Thank you, The Government, for (finally) putting this is in place. Not to be all preachy, but we actually do need to be competitive with other nations in terms of our information infrastructure.

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FCC Unveils Plan To Beef Up Broadband