Kerry chides Bush administration on broadband - Yahoo! News

Kerry chides Bush administration on broadband - Yahoo! News: "Tue Mar 14, 7:42 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
John Kerry accused the Bush administration on Tuesday of falling behind in its goal to make high-speed Internet service, known as broadband, universally available by 2007.
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The Massachusetts Democrat said the
Federal Communications Commission was holding up action that would allow companies to use extra airwaves in between television channels that were not being utilized.

During the 2004 presidential campaign, U.S.
President George W. Bush set a target date of 2007 for making affordable high-speed Internet service universally available. Since then, he has not discussed the goal in detail."