1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated June 6, 2019Broadband Deployment: Status and Federal ProgramsBroadbandwhether delivered via fiber, cable modem, mobile or fixed wireless, copper wire, or satelliteis increasingly the technology underlying telecommunications services such as voice, video, and d
2、ata. Since the initial deployment of high-speed internet in the late 1990s, broadband technologies have been deployed throughout the United States primarily by the private sector. These providers include telephone, cable, wireless, and satellite companies as well as other entities that provide broad
3、band services to residential, business, and institutional customers. The Federal Communications Commissions (FCCs) 2010 National Broadband Plan identified broadband as a basic infrastructure necessary for improving economic growth, job creation, civic engagement, global competitiveness, and a better
4、 quality of life. Broadband enables or enhances applications such as e-commerce, telemedicine, distance education, telework, entertainment, public safety, and energy conservation. Increasingly viewing broadband as a basic infrastructure, Congress and successive Administrations have focused on addres
