Posted on 10/27/2014 7:17:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Walking the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show last week, I kept thinking of that line from Jaws, “You’re going to need a bigger boat.” All the Internet-connected, data-hungry gadgets that are coming to market sent a strikingly clear message: we’re going to need faster broadband networks.
Making sure the U.S. has super-fast, high-capacity, ubiquitous broadband networks delivering speeds measured in gigabits, not megabits isn’t just a matter of consumer convenience, as important as that is. It’s essential to economic growth, job creation and U.S. competitiveness.
In our 21st century economy, innovation leadership is necessary for economic leadership. Our broadband infrastructure is our central platform for innovation, and faster speeds will spur innovation.
In a global economy, talent and capital can flow anywhere, and they’ll flow to countries with the strongest innovation infrastructure. We’re in a global bandwidth race, and we need to ensure the U.S. has a strategic bandwidth advantage. Without it, we risk losing our global lead on innovation, and we risk watching jobs and investment flow elsewhere.
The good news is that there’s lots of good news. After falling behind Asia and Europe, we’ve regained global leadership in mobile....
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
We won’t need them after we are banned from yakking about political matters.
Complete bs.
“Why The U.S. Needs ‘Gigabit Communities’”
To exchange LONGER cat videos?
Instant cat videos.
Au Contraire! Facebook, Twitter and Instagram DEMAND throughput! How else can the great minds of society communicate with one another in urgent sociopolitical matters (e.g., which mini-mart/whatever to flash/rob?) :o)
lol
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