My First Take on Obama’s Broadband Plan

I like it, because the telecommunications companies don't:

The grants would be conditioned on companies building so- called open-access networks, which would allow other companies to offer competing service over the same lines.

The telcos want free money, which is what they got when the Clinton administration was trying to build out what they still called the, "information superhighway," and they used the money for mergers.

They spent very little time or effort making broadband widely available, they used the money to reinforce their monopoly advantages.

I could be wrong, but if the incumbent providers don't like it, it's a pretty good indication that this is good policy.