Gates Foundation Proposal: Linchpin to National Broadband Strategy?
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last week sent analysis data to the FCC that put the cost of installing fiber networks in 80 percent of the anchor institutions (hospitals, medical facilities, schools) in the U.S. at $5 billion–$10 billion. But while the FCC quickly issued a public request for comment (PDF) to validate the financial and technology assumptions in the foundation’s analysis, I had to wonder: Does wiring the 98,400 U.S. anchor institutions that lack Internet access make good business sense?
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