| US broadband deployment falling behind |
 US broadband deployment falling behind Fri, 27 June 2008 100Mbps of "affordable" broadband available to all Americans by 2012
 How far we've come...? The group is pushing for 100Mbps of "affordable" broadband available to all Americans by 2012, with 1Gbps service available by 2015, so that communities with slower broadband (or none at all), don't get 'left behind'.
The report praises the public/private partnership model of e-NC and suggests that local and state governments across the country need to take their broadband destinies into their own hands to keep from missing out on the massive benefits of fast 'Net connections. But when it comes to a new "moon shot" effort for the entire country, some kind of national leadership would do plenty to help.
Even casting a vision for broadband would be useful, but "the current Administration in Washington has simply refused to come to grips with the reality of America's descent into mediocrity on almost every internationally-recognized indicator of success in broadband deployment. - ars technica Furthermore, the report warns that if the broadband service in the US does not improve, the country is in danger of dropping sharply in international broadband rankings.
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