President Obama calls for 4G wireless access to majority of Americans by 2016

Broadcast Engineering ^ | 2/3/11 | Mike Grotocelli

[pissant]

In his 2011 State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama said he wanted 98 percent of Americans to have access to a high-speed Internet connection within five years.

“Within the next five years, we will make it possible for business to deploy the next generation of high-speed wireless coverage to 98 percent of all Americans,” Obama said in his nationally televised address.

The president also used the State of the Union to tell parents it was their job to turn off the TV set and make sure their kids get their homework done and for the United States to do a better job of deploying broadband, saying that “South Korean homes now have greater Internet access than we do.”

[Kieri]

How is 65K broadband? I don’t get it. Dial up is 56k

I should be getting faster speeds, but I don't. I get 65kiloBYTES, not kiloBITS that dialup sees.

As I said, the VZW tower I use sees very heavy traffic and I'm in what they define as a "low priority" area. Phooey on them. There are plans to bring a new tower/site just two miles to my north but no ETA.

[The Comedian]

At this rate, by 2015, the few of us left alive will be communicating with smoke signals.

Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

[grobdriver]

Oh - of course. How silly of me.
The "poor", with their computers and smart phones.

[LibLieSlayer]

Hey kenyan... take your chicken and your pot and shove it up your arse.

LLS

[magslinger]

And the switch to turn it off when he wants. Obama giveth and Obama taketh away.

[greatplains]

"to tell parents it was their job to turn off the TV set and make sure their kids get their homework done and for the United States to do a better job of deploying broadband"

This is what the President of the United States has on the agenda? Really? We should all be relieved that there are no pressing issues in the nation. Please, please let it be over in 2012...

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Yeah, I have the same goal too. But unlike Obambi, I trust that the “greedy” phone companies will make it happen if only he doesn’t get in their way.

Yes, but it doesn't count if Barry doesn't get credit for it!

Nothing matters but PR - if the Democrats don't get credit for it, it doesn't matter.

[dennisw]

What is your speed in MBPS? My DSL is only 1.2 MBPS while my Comcast connection is 10x faster at least

[Wuli]

These are statements once expected of Soviet leaders, NOT American presidents.

The Soviet leaders WERE the chief managers of their economy, the U.S. president IS NOT.

[Kieri]

What is your speed in MBPS? My DSL is only 1.2 MBPS while my Comcast connection is 10x faster at least

I guess it's best shown this way:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1141808093.png

It if doesn't load, it's .68Mb up/.32Mb down. That's why I don't quote my speed in Mbs. It's like measuring quarts in teaspoons.

[PA-RIVER]

Obama, Try getting Kenya done first and then we’ll talk.

[JSDude1]

Yup