Microsoft joining broadband initiative
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft has joined forces with a host of advocacy groups to form a new organization dedicated to promoting broadband access in community anchor institutions.
The Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, launched today, plans to press policy makers to deliver high-speed Internet access to public facilities that support activities such as distance learning and telemedicine.
"We're in a tough economic period and it's important to the extent that resources are spent, they're spent in a cost-effective way," Paula Boyd, Microsoft's regulatory counsel, told reporters this morning. "It's really important that the focus be on anchor institutions."