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White House Report Says Internet is a "Core Utility" Just Like Electricity

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday September 24 2015, @07:23AM   
from the are-utilities-really-optional dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Broadband Internet access is a "core utility" that people need in order to participate in modern society– just like electricity, running water, and sewers, the White House said on Tuesday. A report written by the Broadband Opportunity Council, a group created earlier this year by President Obama and co-chaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Agriculture, says that even though broadband "has steadily shifted from an optional amenity to a core utility," millions of Americans still lack high-speed Internet access.

The report cites 2013 data indicating that about 51 million Americans, or about 16 percent of the population, cannot purchase broadband access at their homes. That number may have dropped by now, but the White House says the government needs to make a bigger push to expand broadband deployment, especially in rural areas and low-income communities.

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• Baraq Hussein Sotero Speech: (Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday September 24 2015, @07:34AM

  by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday September 24 2015, @07:34AM (#240875) Homepage

  * Pinches nose to get that nasally "White-boy" voice, looks over in direction of teleprompter: *

  " We must know how many White farmers there are, so we can kick their doors in and take their resources when time for the great war with Russia. We must allow more welfare Blacks access to the digital marketplace, where they can stimulate the economy by using their EBT funds to buy gold rims for their Geo Metros and also mentholated grape-flavored pencils so they can score higher on standardized tests. "

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