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# Broadband Speeds Matter Just as Much as Internet Access, Say New Yorkers
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/broadband-speeds-matter-just-as-much-as-internet-access-say-new-yorkers/
- Published: 2009-12-14T02:32:48.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-06T15:55:28.000Z
- Description: NEW YORK, December 13, 2009 – Broadband speeds matter just as much as does internet access, in order to ensure educational, economic and social opportunities for individuals of all incomes and ethnic backgrounds, participants in a community broadband hearing here agreed on Friday. Policy officials,
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NEW YORK, December 13, 2009 – Broadband speeds matter just as much as does internet access, in order to ensure educational, economic and social opportunities for individuals of all incomes and ethnic backgrounds, participants in a community broadband hearing here agreed on Friday.

Policy officials, not-for-profit organizations, small businesses, community-based organizations and others came together Friday for to discuss how New York fits into the national broadband plan currently being developed by the Federal Communications Commission in Washington.