In a few weeks, the American Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will unveil its "National Broadband Plan", as it was asked by Barack Obama at the beginning of its mandate. In a post published on "Broadband.Gov" and posted on the White House Blog, the Chairman of the FCC, Julius Genachowski unveils "America's 2020 Broadband vision", qualifying it as "vitally important to America's future" because "leading the world in broadband is leading the world".
Announced in the stimulus program presented by Barack Obama in February 2009, the National Broadband Plan should provide nothing less than "create jobs, spur economic growth, unleash new waves of innovation, improve education, health care, energy efficiency, public safety and the vibrancy of our democracy".
If testbeds will be encouraged to develop new uses, the Chairman of the FCC considers that putting digital health in the hands of doctors and hospitals across the country should remove geographic barriers for patients treatment.
The objective is to provide 100 million households at a minimum of 100 megabits per second (Mbs) to make America "the world's largest market of high-speed broadband users" and ensuring new businesses are "created in America and stay in America".
