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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A11361-2002Jan7 Who's Holding Back Broadband? By Lawrence Lessig As the American economy struggles to get out of recession, an important part of the recovery will be the revival of the country's technology sector. Not long ago, in a speech at a summit on Internet development, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell gave the nation a glimpse of his vision of what might kindle such a revival. At least part of that vision was refreshingly new. The key is "broadband." Broadband is the next generation of Internet service, and it could fuel the next great wave of Internet innovation. Broadband access is fast, and always on. It could deliver music or video content as well as applications that have not yet been imagined. It could offer innovators and creators a whole new platform on which to build....
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