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Mossberg: National Broadband Plan Lacks Bite

The national broadband plan presently being created by the federal government isn't aggressive enough about acceptable speeds and other key details, according to revered Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walt Mossberg. "I think it's interesting that we as a country are only now stumbling around trying to create a broadband policy," Mossberg tells The Hill's Hillicon Valley blog.

In other words, Mossberg feels the FCC's National Broadband Plan is short on details and lacks teeth. "For the first time the FCC has come up with a broadband policy so yes, that's progress," Mossberg adds. Yet, "I don't think it's very strong, and I think a lot of it is just suggestions and kind of pretty vague. So I wish it were tougher." In the government's defense, Mossberg says he understands there are a lot of other "important issues that the president and congress have to worry about right now." Still, he feels a strong broadband policy is critical for the success of a modern economy in an increasingly competitive world, along with entrepreneurship and innovation.

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