Bandwidth Boost For Libraries Gaining Support

Bandwidth Boost For Libraries Gaining Support: A plan to put fiber optic technology in public libraries may be a candidate for federal stimulus funding.
The drive has attracted supporters that range from Google and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Congressman Rick Boucher (D-VA) and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA). Boucher, who is House Communications Subcommittee chairman, has already told FCC chairman Julius Genachowski that a plan to equip public libraries should focus on delivering “extraordinarily high bandwidth” to libraries.