President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday renewed his call for nationwide broadband access as well as more connected schools, libraries, and hospitals.
“It is unacceptable that the United States ranks fifteenth in the world in broadband adoption," Obama said during his weekly address, which was posted to YouTube. “Here, in the country that invented the Internet, every child should have the chance to get online, and they'll get that chance when I'm president – because that's how we'll strengthen America's competitiveness in the world."
Global broadband penetration data is gathered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). When OECD first stated collecting this information in 2001, the U.S. ranked fourth out of 30 nations. As of June 2008, the U.S. was at number 15, with Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway holding the top spots.
Obama also called for connecting more schools, libraries, and hospitals to the Internet.
“It is unacceptable that the United States ranks fifteenth in the world in broadband adoption," Obama said during his weekly address, which was posted to YouTube. “Here, in the country that invented the Internet, every child should have the chance to get online, and they'll get that chance when I'm president – because that's how we'll strengthen America's competitiveness in the world."
Global broadband penetration data is gathered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). When OECD first stated collecting this information in 2001, the U.S. ranked fourth out of 30 nations. As of June 2008, the U.S. was at number 15, with Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway holding the top spots.
Obama also called for connecting more schools, libraries, and hospitals to the Internet.
