National Broadband Policy and high speed internet

A worldwide tussle over Internet access policy is playing out right now, and many countries are closely watching what the United States does. In this free March 7 EDUCAUSE Live! web seminar, U.S. Internet Access Policy, presenter Susan Crawford, Visiting Professor, Yale Law School, will provide a brief overview of the U.S. regulatory structure for high-speed Internet access.

EDUCAUSE today proposed bringing the federal government, state governments, and the private sector together as part of a new approach to making high-speed Internet services available across the country. The group, whose membership includes information technology officials from more than 2,200 colleges, universities, and other educational organizations, said that a new "universal broadband fund" would be necessary so that "Big Broadband" — services of 100 mbps — could be made widely available. For more information, read the press release.