Flip the Media » southkorea http://flipthemedia.com At the crossroads of Media, Culture and Technology Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:21:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Will Obama’s Economic Stimulus to Broadband Help? http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/02/will-obamas-economic-stimulus-to-broadband-help/ http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2009/02/will-obamas-economic-stimulus-to-broadband-help/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:14:49 +0000 Ross Reynolds http://flipthemedia.com/?p=2665 This Associated Press story asks if billions are spent to fund broadband to unserved areas will it do any good?  Will new people sign up for broadband (51% say they’re not interested)? Will there be a “network effect” creating new jobs?

I wonder if the money were spent to upgrade the current system to make it cheaper and faster (think South Korea) whether that would be a better way to stimulate new business opportunities, more broadband users, new applications?

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