Un país que sabe lo que hace y adónde va

Mientras en Espain el Gobierno pretende cambiar el "modelo productivo" moviendo subvenciones del ladrillo al azulejo y, en la misma ley, establece como censores de webs a la SGAE y resto de piratas del océano y bufones de la corte, la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones de los EE.UU. (FCC, en inglés) propondrá el martes un plan de diez años para reconstruir las comunicaciones y los medios del país sobre una tecnología dominante: banda ancha de alta velocidad.

Entresaco del NYT:

The blueprint reflects the government’s view that broadband Internet is becoming the common medium of the U.S., gradually displacing the telephone and broadcast television industries.

[…] the commission’s recommendations will include a subsidy for Internet providers to wire rural parts of the country now without access, a controversial auction of some broadcast spectrum to free up space for wireless devices, and the development of a new universal set-top box that connects to the Internet and cable service.

The plan envisions a fully Web-connected world with split-second access to health care information and online classrooms, delivered through wireless devices yet to be dreamed up in Silicon Valley.

[…] the country could build state-of-the-art computers and applications, but without equivalent broadband wiring, “it would be like having the technology for great electric cars, but terrible roads.”

[…] the plan will include an initiative the chairman calls 100 Squared —equipping 100 million households with high-speed Internet gushing through their pipes at 100 megabits a second by the end of this decade. According to comScore, the average subscriber now receives speeds of three to four megabits a second.

[Julius Genachowski, the F.C.C. chairman, said Friday:] “Broadband will be the indispensable platform to assure American competitiveness, ongoing job creation and innovation, and will affect nearly every aspect of Americans’ lives at home, at work, and in their communities”.

Qué envidia.