tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509048556550403453.post2327879934102190303..comments2010-08-11T04:28:13.461-07:00Comments on ONE Ohio Blog: House Bill 72 would create Broadband Task ForceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509048556550403453.post-31959035436674203892007-03-01T12:46:00.000-08:002007-03-01T12:46:00.000-08:00Dear anonymous: We report, you decide.Just kidding...Dear anonymous: We report, you decide.<BR/><BR/>Just kidding.<BR/><BR/>The Evans bill doesn't create an "authority", just a task force to make policy recommendations. It's got a year to make its recommendations to the two houses and the Governor.<BR/><BR/>A year is a long time, and I'm sure the administration (and others) will be taking non-legislative action on the broadband deployment front long before the task force is finished. But the task force isn't likely to impede that process, and it <I>will</I> get representatives of the two parties, the two branches of government and various others at the same table to look at longer-term issues. Evans himself is primarily concerned about rural broadband access, a problem which is not going to be fully solved in the next twelve months under any circumstances. I think it's a useful initiative that will help to elevate the broadband access issue and keep it nonpartisan.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, I'd argue for more than just three task force seats for "interested parties" that are users rather than governments or providers: farmers, low-income consumers, educators, community technology programs, to name a few.Bill Callahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268652512167825427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509048556550403453.post-77040115827075524452007-02-28T20:14:00.000-08:002007-02-28T20:14:00.000-08:00What's your opinion of the proposed authority, Bil...What's your opinion of the proposed authority, Bill?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com