Why modest broadband development steps mark a significant leap ahead (Stuart N. Brotman, Brookings)

In recent years, much of our domestic attention on broadband development has focused on residential service, with the National Broadband Plan goal of having 100 million Americans with 100 megabits per second (Mbps) network capability by the year 2020. This aspiration is supported by our nation’s status as one of five countries that I have termed top-tier Net Vitality global leaders (along with France, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom). Their prominence in broadband network metrics, along with achievements in other critical aspects of the broadband ecosystem -applications/content and devices – make them examples worth emulating.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2016/09/29/why-modest-broadband-development-steps-mark-a-significant-leap-ahead/