fyi<br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/02/arts/AP-US-Informing-Citizens.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=broadband&st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/02/arts/AP-US-Informing-Citizens.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=broadband&st=cse</a> <br>
<br>Also, see this discouraging story in yesterday's NYTimes:  <br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/technology/internet/01broad.html?scp=1&sq=sweden+broadband&st=nyt">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/technology/internet/01broad.html?scp=1&sq=sweden+broadband&st=nyt</a><br>
<br>-tj<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Marc Fest</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fest@knightfoundation.org">fest@knightfoundation.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:08 AM<br>Subject: Knight News Flash: Blue Ribbon Commission Calls for Urgent Attention to U.S. Information Needs<br>To: <a href="mailto:tom@jtjohnson.com">tom@jtjohnson.com</a><br><br><br>October 2, 2009 – Washington, D.C. – Warning of an erosion of democracy with the creation of "second-class citizens" in the digital age, a Knight-funded blue-ribbon national commission today calls for universal broadband access to help meet the information needs of America's communities. The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy releases its report today in Washington DC, setting a vision for healthy, informed, democratic communities.<br>

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