“From education to broadband, from building roads and bridges to supporting the military, Barack Obama is delivering for North Carolina. And he is delivering for America. A growing middle class is the foundation for a strong America.” AmericaStrongClassGrowingMiddleMilitaryBuildingFoundationBarackBridgesMiddle ClassCarolinaDeliveringNorth CarolinaBroadbandStrong AmericaBuilding Roads Author:Bev Perdue
“What mothers need, as well as fathers, spouses, and the children of aging parents, is an entire national infrastructure of care, every bit as important as the physical infrastructure of roads, bridges, tunnels, broadband, parks and public works.” NeedsWellsChildrenImportantCareMotherFatherBitsParentAgingBridgesParksSpouseInfrastructureTunnelsBroadbandAging Parents Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“For Sony, owning a studio is a gamble and probably a pretty good one, now that in the broadband era having content is a great advantage when you sell devices that in a ubiquitous world of distribution can actually show programs, movies, content directly to the consumer. So that you actually create, in a digital world, real synergy.” WorldRealShowsAdvantageProgramSellsStudiosErasConsumersDigitalDevicesDistributionGambleSynergySonyDigital WorldBroadband Author:Howard Stringer
“The rise of broadband and growing ubiquity of Internet access excites me the most. The world changes a lot when, no matter where you are - in the middle of a deserted highway or in a bustling city - you can get high speed broadband access.” WorldMatterCitiesGrowingMiddleInternetSpeedAccessWhere You AreHighwaysGetting HighDesertedHigh SpeedBroadbandUbiquityInternet Access Author:Matt Mullenweg
“You have 1 billion people using the Internet with 200 million of those now using broadband internet connections, so the Internet has become a powerful network. It can carry calls.” PeoplePowerfulMillionsInternetConnectionsBillionsBroadbandInternet Connection Author:Niklas Zennstrom
“I believe that the federal government should be laying down broadband like Eisenhower laid down interstates.” ShouldBelieveGovernmentI BelieveFederal GovernmentInterstateLaying DownBroadband Author:John Hodgman
“E-mail, when it became mobile - what happened? Utilization of email went through the roof. Just pure Internet access and data - what happens when you mobilize it? Multiples. People are dependent upon broadband and as you mobilize it, they become even more dependent on broadband.” PeopleHappensHappenedInternetPureAccessDataDependentMailRoofEmailMobileUtilizationBroadbandInternet Access Author:Randall L. Stephenson
“I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how hard it is to make sure that physics, for example, is taught in every classroom in the state. It's difficult to do. It's, like, cost-prohibitive.” IfsMeanHardStatesDifficultTechnologyExampleTaughtCostPhysicsClassroomGovernorsBroadband Author:George W. Bush
“If the EU and its 25 member states make a clever use of all policy instruments, broadband for all Europeans is certainly not out of reach by 2010.” IfsStatesUsePolicyMembersInstrumentsCleverClevernessBroadband Author:Viviane Reding
“Letting the free market do whatever it wants. That's not been historically how we grow. We have to invest in education, in rebuilding broadband lines and roads and runways, and it's important that we bring back American manufacturing and regulations to prevent consumers from being cheated.” WantImportantGrowsLinesConsumersRegulationFree MarketManufacturingCheatedRebuildingRunwayBroadband Author:Barack Obama
“We have a strong and credible broadband policy because the man who has devised it, the man who will implement it virtually invented the Internet in this country.” MenCountryStrongPolicyHe ManInternetCredibleBroadband Author:Tony Abbott
“I get really excited imagining what we can do in the future with broadband.” Can DoExcitedGet RealBroadband Author:Julius Genachowski
“The way I see it, more people are wired with broadband from 9 to 5 during the day than watch TV at night. So therefore isn't the real prime time 9 to 5? Playing games at your desk - that's the new prime time, isn't it?” PeopleWayRealNightGamesWatchesTvsPrimeDesksPlaying GamesBroadbandPrime Time Author:Mark Burnett
“Broadband access is the great equalizer, leveling the playing field so that every willing and able person, no matter their station in life, has access to the information and tools necessary to achieve the American Dream.” PersonsMatterDreamAbleAchieveInformationFieldsWillingToolsAccessStationsAmerican DreamPlaying FieldsEqualizerBroadband Author:Michael K. Powell
“Gujarat's e-governance projects have been recognized in the country and abroad. To give a few examples- Gujarat has the largest Wide Area Network in the Asia Pacific. It is the first State to provide broadband connectivity in all schools and villages. It makes maximum use of video-conferencing including trial of the prisoners. Gujarat's ICT based Grievance Redressal System called SWAGAT has got the United Nation's Public Service Award. In addition, it has received eleven national awards for our various e-services.” GivingFirstsHas BeensCountryStatesUseSchoolNationsUnitedExampleProjectsAreasIndiaIncludingVariousWideTrialsVideoVillageAwardsPrisonerAsiaUnited NationsGovernanceMaximumElevenPublic ServicePacificGrievanceBroadbandGujaratIct Author:Narendra Modi
“E-Commerce is happening the way all the hype said it would. Internet deployment is happening. Broadband is happening. Everything we ever said about the Internet is happening. And it is very, very early. We can't even glimpse it's potential in changing the way people work and live.” PeopleWaySaidInternetHappeningsCommerceGlimpseHypeDeploymentE CommerceBroadband Author:Andy Grove
“Internet becoming accessible everywhere, whether it was Wi-Fi at work, on your cell phone as you traveled. People had it at home with broadband. There was a big change.It used to be people used the Internet primarily at work, because that's where they had a good connection. Now they're using it at home. And the second big change is, they used it not just to get information, but to communicate with one another. And, so, it became not simply an information exchange, but a personal exchange, a communication mechanism.” PeopleHomeBigsUsedInformationCommunicationBecomingInternetConnectionsPhonesCommunicateUsed To BeCellsMechanismTraveledCell PhoneBig ChangesBroadband Author:Esther Dyson
“I think we will have to spend more on defense, for infrastructure, for extension of the broadband network and also for domestic security.” ThinkingSecurityDefenseExtensionsInfrastructureBroadband Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“We think all over this country we need to rebuild everything from transit, fiber optic broadband in our rural areas and urban areas.” ThinkingNeedsCountryAreasUrbanFiberRural AreasBroadbandUrban Areas Author:Keith Ellison
“I live by statistics, so if look at U.S. Census statistics regarding families making over $100,000 dollars a year, 93% of them have broadband internet at home.” IfsYearsLooksHomeInternetDollarsLive ByStatisticsCensusBroadband Author:David L. Cohen
“The more broadband we can get globally, the better. It's better for the world; it's better for our advertisers; it's better for Google.” WorldGoogleAdvertisersBroadband Author:Eric Schmidt
“One of the unintended negative consequences of online advertising has been the loss of value in traditional classifieds. It's simply quicker, simply easier for an end user who's online, on a broadband connection, to look things up and to figure out what they want to buy.” WantLooksHas BeensEndsValuesLossFiguresEasierConsequenceNegativeConnectionsTraditionalAdvertisingOnlineUsersBroadbandNegative ConsequencesOnline Advertising Author:Eric Schmidt
“Simply put, broadband voice is an interstate matter that must be dealt with through clear national standards.” MatterVoiceClearStandardsInterstateBroadbandNational Standards Author:John Sununu
“Energy and environmental regulation, transportation, and broadband policy all benefit when legislators have a basic grounding in the technical concepts behind business models, products, and innovation.” EnergyBehindsPolicyProductsBenefitsModelsConceptsInnovationEnvironmentalRegulationTransportationLegislatorsBusiness ModelsGroundingBroadband Author:John Sununu
“I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.” PeopleWorldIdeasBigsPrintBroadband Author:Jimmy Wales
“While it is true that many people simply can't afford to pay more for food, either in money or time or both, many more of us can. After all, just in the last decade or two we've somehow found the time in the day to spend several hours on the internet and the money in the budget not only to pay for broadband service, but to cover a second phone bill and a new monthly bill for television, formerly free. For the majority of Americans, spending more for better food is less a matter of ability than priority. p.187” PeopleTwoMatterLastsFoundHoursAbilityPayFoodTelevisionInternetBillsMajorityPhonesSpendingDecadesPrioritiesBudgetsNutritionBroadband Author:Michael Pollan
“We're doing some very exciting, bold things, pioneering content on mobile and for broadband, ... My vision is to say, as we take the strategy forward, we are doing it to deliver public remit. We're thinking less and less about C4 and more about the brand family.” ThinkingVisionExcitingStrategyBrandsMobilePioneeringBroadbandThinking Less Author:Tim Duncan
“Together, we could open up government and invite citizens in, while connecting all of America to 21st century broadband. We could use technology to help achieve universal health care, to reach for a clean energy future, and to ensure that young Americans can compete - and win - in the global economy.” HelpingUseGovernmentCareTogetherAmericaYoungWinningEnergyTechnologyEconomyAchieveCenturyCitizensUniversalCleanHealth CareInvites21st CenturyConnectingGlobal EconomyClean EnergyBroadbandUniversal Health Care Author:Barack Obama
“In the 'Disruptive Broadcasting' space, TV on IP networks is now just another application in a broadband world. We have already seen the transformation of the computing and communications industry with respect to traditional telecom. Now, history is repeating itself with traditional broadcasting.” WorldSpaceTvsCommunicationIndustryTransformationTraditionalApplicationComputingDisruptiveBroadcastingBroadbandTelecom Author:Jeff Pulver
“If we use our policy instruments wisely with regard to broadband, we can do some very practical things to make 'growth and jobs' a reality in the less-developed and rural regions of Europe, too.” IfsUseRealityJobsGrowthCan DoPolicyEuropeRegardInstrumentsPracticalsRegionsBroadbandPractical ThingsToo Real Author:Viviane Reding
“Deployment of broadband may be hampered by market failures in rural and remote areas. In such cases, well targeted state aid may therefore be appropriate.” WellsMayStatesCasesAreasAidsAppropriateDeploymentBroadbandMarket Failure Author:Neelie Kroes
“The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It’s to let a competitive market deliver the speeds that people need at an affordable price with government improving infrastructure in the areas where market competition won’t deliver it.” PeopleWayNeedsGovernmentSmartAreasCompetitionSpeedImprovingInfrastructureJunkAffordableBroadband Author:Tony Abbott
“Over two billion people now use the broadband Internet, up from perhaps 50 million a decade ago, when I was at Netscape, the company I co-founded.” PeopleTwoUseCompanyMillionsInternetDecadesBillionsBroadband Author:Marc Andreessen
“Skype is for any individual who has a broadband Internet connection.” IndividualInternetConnectionsSkypeBroadbandInternet Connection Author:Niklas Zennstrom
“This is very positive for our community...The educational facilities in our area are enjoying advanced broadband services over a state-of-the-art 4G wireless network” ArtStatesEnjoyCommunityAreasEducationalCustomersFacilityOur CommunityWirelessVery PositiveBroadband Author:Larry Gates
“We should be leading, and we’re not. We need to get serious about broadband, we need to get serious about competition, we need to get serious about our country.” NeedsShouldCountrySeriousCompetitionOur CountryBroadband Author:Michael Copps
“People depend on the Open Internet to connect and communicate with each other freely. Voters need it to inform themselves before casting ballots. Without prompt corrective action by the Commission to reclassify broadband, this awful ruling will serve as a sorry memorial to the corporate abrogation of free speech.” PeopleNeedsActionDependsInternetSpeechSorryCommunicateAwfulCorporateVotersFree SpeechRulingCastingMemorialBallotsPromptsBroadband Author:Michael Copps
“We must speed up the deployment of broadband in order to bring high-speed data services to homes and businesses. The spread of information technology has contributed to a steady growth in U.S. productivity.” HomeOrderGrowthTechnologyInformationSpreadSpeedProductivityDataSteadyInformation TechnologyDeploymentHigh SpeedBroadband Author:Michael Oxley
“With our work at Kazaa, we began seeing growing broadband connections and more powerful computers and more streaming multimedia, and we saw that the traditional way of communicating by phone no longer made a lot of sense.” WayMadeWorkPowerfulSawsGrowingSeeingComputerConnectionsPhonesCommunicateTraditionalStreamingBroadbandMultimedia Author:Niklas Zennstrom
“Regardless of past aspirations, this is the right time to be focusing on services for two specific reasons The increasing ubiquity of broadband has made it viable, and the proven economics of the advertising model has made it profitable.” MadeTwoReasonPastModelsEconomicsAdvertisingMade ItAspirationProvenRight TimeProfitableBroadbandUbiquity Author:Ray Ozzie
“All Australians understand that high-quality, reliable and affordable broadband is a critical part of the infrastructure our nation needs to prosper in coming years.” NeedsYearsNationsQualityCriticalInfrastructureAffordableHigh QualityBroadband Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“There is an underlying, fundamental reliance on the Internet, which continues to grow in the number of users, country penetration and both fixed and wireless broadband access.” CountryGrowsNumbersInternetFundamentalsAccessFixedUsersRelianceWirelessPenetrationBroadband Author:Vinton Cerf
“It is quite clear that compelling content, which is made available on economic terms that respect the intellectual rights of owners, can be a tremendous spur to the growth of broadband networks.” MadeGrowthTermClearRightsEconomicIntellectualAvailableOwnersCompellingSpursBroadband Author:John Doerr