A Modest Proposal

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1. Identify the Problem As the country is progressing, the number of devices which support internet is increasing tremendously. Thus internet is of growing importance today. Also, broadband is the only mean of delivery mechanism for number of bandwidth intensive services like YouTube, Netflix etc. High speed broadband is very much essential from a commercial, educational, cultural and economical point of view. The exponential growth of the internet traffic has further asserted the need for high download and upload speed requirement for broadband. The entire residential population in the country is in need of high broadband rates. The main reason why US is lagging in broadband speed and pricing is not because of the technology but because …show more content…

The policy should ensure efficient allocation and management of assets the government has control to, like spectrum, access to poles etc. It is also necessary to reform the current universal service mechanisms so that it is possible to support deployment of high speed broadband in high cost area and ensure that low income Americans have equal access to them. The main goal of this policy is to achieve at least 25 Mbps download speed and 4 Mbps upload speed. The United States should be a leading country in the world with the fastest and a super extensive wireless and broadband network. Every person residing in America should have affordable access to a robust service and should be skilled enough to subscribe to a service if they …show more content…

The first plan has the potential to assist consumers with access to basic services like electronic mails, web browsing, basic video conferencing and gaming. The second plan has added advantages which allows the broadband customers to stream movies or live games online, HD online gaming and HD video conferencing. The disadvantage with the lower data rate plan is that it will be very difficult to connect a high number of internet enabled devices in addition to poor quality of service. Also the internet traffic would be very high in the case of both the broadband plans. However, download speed of 25 Mbps and upload speed of 4 Mbps will eliminate most of these issues and provide a better wireless environment throughout the

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