| "There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library." |
Andrew Carnegie
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| "For centuries, libraries have provided a tremendous public service, allowing Americans to access useful information in their free and open facilities. What better way to continue and expand that mission in the 21st century than to provide every library in the United States with a high-speed fiber connection to the Web?" |
Google Public Policy Blog
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| "Fiber to the Library' is by far the most economical, expedient and equitable way to deliver free and openly accessible, high performance broadband capability to anyone in every community in the nation." |
Digital Village
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| "Libraries that simply rely on existing broadband connections that provide less than highspeed capacity will inevitably fall behind. Instead of waiting for the need to materialize before initiating technology planning, libraries would be better served by anticipating the need and seeking forward-looking solutions today." |
American Library Association,
Office for Information Technology Policy |
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| "For the past four years Don Means has been a pioneer in the effort to bring the benefits of broadband Internet access to more Americans. Specifically, Don and his organization, the Community TeleStructure Initiative, have been working through the details of building high-speed links to community facilities around the country" |
Microsoft on the Issues |
"Local communities can play an important role in determining our nation's broadband future. TechNet strongly supports Community TeleStructure Initiative's commitment to local strategies and policies that spur the deployment of broadband to all communities and citizens." |
TechNet |
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"NATOA is proud to endorse the ‘Fiber to the Library' initiative. Countless local governments have worked with public libraries for more than a decade to offer high-capacity Internet access over fiber optics, much as we do to other key anchor institutions such as schools and first responders"
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National Association of Telecommunications
Officials of America
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| "New, broadband-intensive services will be generated sooner and made available more broadly via fiber-connected libraries. Providing next-generation broadband access via optical fiber to America's libraries assures our library system will be able to meet the information needs of the 21st century." |
Fiber to the Home Council |
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| "Libraries are becoming the digital hubs of our communities, where high-speed connections and information intersect with community." |
Susan Hildreth
Director Institute for Museum & Library Services
fmr. California State Librarian
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| "Providing high-capacity fiber - at 100 Mbps speeds - to each and every public library can help transform those institutions into future technology hubs, local community nodes, and the essential information centers for the 21st Century." |
Richard Whitt,
Telecom Counsel, Google Inc. |
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| "I really think libraries can help to get our country back on its feet; it can help to get families back in the workforce, it can help families obtain education, it can help them with résumé writing, and it’s just a real jewel of a resource that I want to make sure we maximize the benefits of. This is an investment, not just in libraries but in our communities, families, in the country as a whole.
-U.S Education Secretary" |
Arne Duncan,
U.S Education Secretary
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| "Rick Boucher (fmr) House Communications Subcommittee chairman, has told FCC chairman Julius Genachowski that a plan to equip public libraries should focus on delivering "extraordinarily high bandwidth" to libraries." |
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| "I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries." |
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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| "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." |
Jorge Luis Borges |
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| "There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration." |
Andrew Carnegie
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| "Providing high-capacity fiber - at 100 Mbps speeds - to each and every public library can help transform those institutions into future technology hubs, local community nodes, and the essential information centers for the 21st Century." |
Richard Whitt, Telecom Counsel,
Google Inc.
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| "I applaud CTI's mission to promote the deployment of broadband across the country. Nationwide deployment of high speed, always-on broadband will fuel the development of millions of new jobs in the United States..." |
Nancy Pelosi, fmr. Speaker,
House of Representatives
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Events Roundtable
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Massachusetts
 "Broadband deployment represents the infrastructure challenge
of the 21st century. "
Mitt Romney,
fmr. Governor
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Virginia Roundtable
"In accord with the Community Telestructure Initiative, we encourage every
community to take active responsibility for the design and development of
strategies that promote local broadband deployment."
Mark Warner, fmr. Governor
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California Roundtable
"Telecommunications is in the midst of a revolution. Broadband has become central to the needs of families, the health of our economy and the vitality of our communities."
Arnold Schwarzenegger, fmr. Governor
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