Open Networks Key to Broadband Deployment in Underserved U.S.; 'Big Think' International Team Declares Open Networks Cost Less and Create Naturally Competitive Markets.

AScribe Law News Service, March, 2009

Byline: National LambdaRail

BUCKETTY, Australia, March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international team of telecommunications experts has weighed in the current debates on US broadband policies. Their "big picture" idea -- open networks -- can, if brought into practice, bring positive and transformative change to America's communications infrastructure, and, indeed, the large swaths of social and economic activity that rely on that infrastructure, particularly in the underserved rural areas.

"We are not suggesting some radical new experiment in regulatory philosophy," said Paul Budde, leader of the Big Think team. "The idea of open networks is already deeply embedded in the U.S. communications regulatory framework. We are suggesting a return to...

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