He said this has the potential to be the first broadband killer application, and it has sort of become the truth because obviously it's so bandwidth intensive. I mean, it has been an issue.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One of the things I've come to realize is that, like every new technology and like every disruption, broadband has downsides.
So the bandwidth issue is definitely a big concern of ours.
Broadband eliminates so many barriers to entry for so many different people that it's actually become a barrier to entry in and of itself if you're not getting online on a regular basis.
The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It's to let a competitive market deliver the speeds that people need at an affordable price with government improving infrastructure in the areas where market competition won't deliver it.
Everyone knows that the broadband era will breed a new generation of online services, but this is only half of the story. Like any innovation, broadband will inflict major changes on its environment. It will destroy, once and for all, the egalitarian vision of the Internet.
I get really excited imagining what we can do in the future with broadband.
Broadband companies can have great success offering access to the unfettered Internet.
Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream.
As each year and debate passes, more broadband companies will start to see that their future lies not in restricting an open Internet but in betting on it.
We feel there is already widespread broadband available today.