Obama Highlights Broadband Ahead of State of Union Address
President Barack Obama framed broadband as one of his “bread-and-butter issues,” previewing his State of the Union address slated for Tuesday night. “We’re working with the private sector to increase Internet access for communities that feel left out, to increase…
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competition and to protect our privacy and security -- and that’s just been in the last month,” Obama said in a video released Monday. Obama has outlined major goals in this space, pressing the FCC to develop strong net neutrality rules and to pre-empt state laws restricting municipal broadband.