In the early days of the New Deal's Tennessee Valley Authority, the slogan was "Electricity for All." Today, New Deal analogies guide the U.S. government's effort to bring affordable high-speed Internet to "underserved areas" nationwide. Broadband represents a new kind of electricity and phone system for the 21st century. President Obama describes it as a basic cost of doing business in the global economy, especially in the areas outside the big cities where it hasn't been economically feasible for ISPs to provide service.
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