Tags: Google, initiative, internet, internet for all, public
Today Google joined a national initiative of public interest, civic and industry groups to help launch the Internet for Everyone campaign, whose goal is to make ubiquitous and open broadband access for every American a priority in the next administration.
Why is Google involved? Making the Internet accessible to more Americans is part of our corporate DNA. It’s what has motivated our work on municipal wi-fi, in the 700 MHz spectrum auction, our investment in Clearwire and development of Android, and most recently our advocacy in support of opening up the unused portions of the TV spectrum band for use by Internet devices.
For more than a decade the Internet has driven unprecedented innovation, economic growth, and prosperity. Companies like Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook — and numerous smaller but impactful players — have fundamentally changed people’s lives. Their success wouldn’t have been possible without the ability of tens of millions of Americans to connect easily to a open Internet. And there’s no doubt that the next generation of inventions to transform our lives and our economy will happen online, making high-speed access to the Net more important than ever.
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June 26th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Yes, ideally internet is for everyone. But there are many places where people can’t access the net for many reasons: no access at all, the too high price to access it or no good infrastructure to support the connection. In Indonesia (I come from Indonesia), internet is still an expensive needs. For accessing the net we should pay Rp 3000-6000/hour, depend on the place where we stay.