Bay Area cities offer FCC chair a glimpse of the future
27 February 2013 by Steve Blum
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski sees a gigabit city in San Leandro.
Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) visited San Leandro today, taking a look at the economic progress kindled by the Lit San Leandro project and delivering a keynote speech to local leaders, business people, city staff and proud residents. I’ll have more on his remarks later.
I was fortunate enough to be invited as one of the opening speakers. My assignment was to give some background on efforts in the Bay Area and around California to develop our economy by developing broadband infrastructure:
… MoreHere in the Bay Area, we are surrounded by the fattest Internet pipes on the planet.