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The Value of Infrastructure A 21st Century View
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Prevailing Wisdom
We must fix the financial industry because the
financial industry is the engine of the economy.

• Nobel Laureate
• (Economics)

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What We Know
We must fix the financial industry because the
financial industry is the lubricant the engine of
the economy.
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Moving Information An Evolution
- Printing Press (books)
Telegraph -
Telephone -
- Radio
- Television
Communications
Broadcast
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Moving Information A Revolution
- Printing Press (books)
Telegraph -
Telephone -
- Radio
- Television
Communications
Broadcast
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The Internet Changes Business Models
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Rewarding the Creators
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Enabling Change Everywhere!
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The Internet Changes Healthcare
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The Internet Changes Healthcare
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Enabling Change Everywhere!
Health
Health
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Enabling Change Everywhere!
Power
Education
Health
Power
Education
Health
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Enabling Change Everywhere!
Communications
Power
Education
Health
Communications
Power
Education
Health
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Enabling Change Everywhere!
Communications
Power
Education
Transportation
Health
Communications
Power
Education
Transportation
Health
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Core to All Infrastructure
INFRASTRUCTURE
Communications
Power
Education
Transportation
Health
Communications
Power
Education
Transportation
Health
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How Are We Doing?

• Source BroadbandTrends

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How Are We Doing? Part Deux

• Source ITIF

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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
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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
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If We Dont Want This
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21st 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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Selected 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