Broadband - Did You Know ...

... That Chincoteague (VA, USA), around 4300 inhabitants on 96 square km of which 74% is water, held a kickoff for its broadband Internet network planning process, with an outlook on future broadband services, like movies on demand, distance learning, telemedicine, security and system monitoring, and video conferencing.

Where a small, atypical and unique community can be great ... and understands the urgency.

Source: DelmarvaNow.com

... That Australia’s Minister of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, supports a plan for a National Broadband Network (NGN), published by the Online and Communications Council: "Australia's development will require world-class communications infrastructure and services. Similarly, high-speed broadband access is critical to achieve business competitiveness, social networking and the promotion of social inclusion, and the delivery of public and private sector services. This Framework reinforces the need for the collaborative development and effective use of broadband," reads a government document outlining a Framework for public/private sector cooperation toward the rollout of the NBN published Friday, 12 December 2008.

Where a big and unique country can be great ... and understands the urgency.

Report: ‘Framework for the collaborative development and use of broadband in Australia’

Source: Online and Communications Council

... That a 2007 study by the Brookings Institution and MIT found that a one-digit increase in U.S. per-capita broadband penetration equates to an additional American 300,000 jobs. If US broadband penetration were as high as a country like Denmark, for example, it could expect more than 3 million additional jobs.

An interesting metric isn't it: 1% increase in broadband penetration equates to an 300,000 new Americans jobs ...

Source: Reclaim The Media