'The Internet Connection: Whatever Happened to Broadband?'; Tech Central Station Host, James K. Glassman, Speaks at the New America Foundation.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 26, 2001 James K. Glassman speaks at the New America Foundation The New America Foundation is a non-profit public policy institute and think tank located in Washington, D.C. that promotes innovative political solutions transcending conventional party lines -- what they call radical centrist politics. tomorrow on the broadband crisis that has kept one in ten Americans from having high-speed internet See broadband. access. Glassman will discuss the effects slow broadband deployment has had on the economy and its direct correlation Noun 1. direct correlation - a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and +1 positive correlation to the demise of several e-commerce companies. Presently there is legislation in Congress trying to remedy the situation. Glassman believes the current plan will only establish a monopoly and further intensify the problem. At the seminar tomorrow, Glassman will outline the only sensible solution to speed up the deployment of broadband - break up the Bells. The seminar will take place Tuesday, November, 27th at the New America Foundation, 1630 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 7th Floor, from 12:15 to 1:45 pm. Opening comments will be provided by Karen Kornbluh Karen Kornbluh (b. 1963) is an American economist, former United States Treasury Department official, and expert on communications policy, international trade and issues affecting working families. She is currently policy director for U.S. Senator Barack Obama. , Fellow, New America Foundation. To attend the seminar, please contact Laura Gillespie at 202-986-4901. James K. Glassman is host of Tech Central Station and an American Enterprise Institute The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) is a conservative think tank, founded in 1943. According to the institute its mission "to defend the principles and improve the institutions of American freedom and democratic capitalism — limited government, Fellow. Tech Central Station is an online think tank focusing on the intersection of technology, investing, and public policy. For more information go to www.techcentralstation.com. |
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