Vermont Governor Showcases Economic and Social Value of Universal Broadband and Wireless

Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas today highlighted the social and economic value of his "e-state" initiative in the opening speech of the Freedom to Connect (F2C) conference. Douglas said his remarks focused on the ability of his e-state initiative to revolutionize telecommunications by making Vermont the nation’s first state where quality data and cellular voice coverage and high-speed broadband Internet are available to everyone within the state’s borders by 2010.

"Our e-state initiative is a real qualitative difference from previous telecommunications objectives," Douglas said. "It’s not about increasing our access by ‘x’ percent. It’s about achieving truly universal access to affordable broadband and wireless technology and building a telecommunications infrastructure where no one is left behind.

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