(Canceled Due To Volcanic Ash) Our National Broadband Plan: The End of the Beginning?

Last month the U.S. Federal Communications Commission released its much-awaited National Broadband Plan, our nation's first attempt to create a comprehensive blueprint to advance the deployment and uptake of broadband services. While the Plan has been touted in many corners as a major step in the right direction, it is only the first step of many that will be necessary in order to actually meet, if not exceed, its stated aspirations. The discussion will focus on where we are now, and (more importantly) where we need to be, in order for broadband to truly become The Dialtone of the 21st Century.