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Universal Broadband Access

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the full-court-press dept.

meehawl writes: "Wall Street Journal has this on proposed new Government regulation and tax breaks to encourage Universal Broadband Access. This idea appears to be gaining ground. Whether this becomes a public good (Universal Service, the Interstates, the USPS) or just another corporate welfare program (or perhaps a mixture of both?) remains to be seen." Another submitter sent in an interesting story about broadband in France.

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  1. Croatia by Jormundgard · · Score: 3, Informative

    In Croatia there are these kiosks all over Zagreb that provide free internet access to everyone, although the keyboard is touchscreen so is a little annoying. They're provided by the Croatian telecom, HT. I don't think they're broadband, but they seem popular with all ages. I could see such a thing becoming popular in other countries, and using broadband.