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1The Value of Infrastructure A 21st Century View
2 Prevailing Wisdom
We must fix the financial industry because the
financial industry is the engine of the economy.
- Nobel Laureate
- (Economics)
3 What We Know
We must fix the financial industry because the
financial industry is the lubricant the engine of
the economy.
4 Moving Information An Evolution
- Printing Press (books)
Telegraph -
Telephone -
- Radio
- Television
Communications
Broadcast
5 Moving Information A Revolution
- Printing Press (books)
Telegraph -
Telephone -
- Radio
- Television
Communications
Broadcast
6 The Internet Changes Business Models
7 Rewarding the Creators
8 Enabling Change Everywhere!
9 The Internet Changes Healthcare
10 The Internet Changes Healthcare
11 Enabling Change Everywhere!
Health
Health
12 Enabling Change Everywhere!
Power
Education
Health
Power
Education
Health
13 Enabling Change Everywhere!
Communications
Power
Education
Health
Communications
Power
Education
Health
14 Enabling Change Everywhere!
Communications
Power
Education
Transportation
Health
Communications
Power
Education
Transportation
Health
15 Core to All Infrastructure
INFRASTRUCTURE
Communications
Power
Education
Transportation
Health
Communications
Power
Education
Transportation
Health
16 How Are We Doing?
17 How Are We Doing? Part Deux
18 Global Investment
- Broadband stimulus
- Range 30B in Australia to 225M in Canada
- Many other counties have included broadband in
their stimulus plans but have yet to identify
extent of funding
US 7.2B
19 Global Investment
- A key component of global recovery plans
- Long term COMPETING with other nations for
worldwide markets, business, and resources - A world leading broadband infrastructure will be
KEY
US 787B
20 If We Dont Want This
2121st Century Imperatives
- Invest the stimulus monies wisely
- No room for short-term thinking
- Continuously build infrastructure forever
- Infrastructure is at the core of all sustainable
economic success - Focus on creating value not making money
- Secure in the knowledge that if we do we will
prosper - Lets reset our culture
- End the profligate spending and borrowing to do
so - Return to a culture of saving and investing
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23Selected Broadband Leaders
- Knology
- Lackawaxen Telecommunications
- Laurel Highland Telephone Co.
- North Penn Telephone Company
- Pennsylvania Telephone Co.
- Pymatuning Telephone Co.
- Salsgiver
- South Canaan Telephone Co.
- TDS
- Windstream
- Bentleyville Telephone Co.
- Borough of Kutztown
- CenturyTel
- Citizens Telephone Co. of Kecksburg
- Cox Communications
- DE Communications
- Embarq
- Frontier Communications
- Hotwire Communications
- Infinite Communications