PBS News: Obama and FCC Betting on Broadband as Stimulus

Primarily low-income homes and the elderly do not have access to broadband information at home, which puts these groups at a an economic and social disadvantage. View One-Economy.com for more information.

One initiative looks to subsidize broadband access for those who cannot afford it or who lack the hardware to do so. The funds will come from the Universal Service Fund, which has to now funded telephone access.

Obama and FCC Betting on Broadband as Stimulus
| Online NewsHour | PBS: "In a report from the Brookings Institution, a study of 120 nations between 1980 and 2006 estimated that 'each 10 percentage point increase in broadband penetration adds 1.3 percent to a high-income country's gross domestic product.'"