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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/s...907889,00.html


Bush Touts High-Speed Internet Access Plan

Saturday March 27, 2004 12:01 AM

By SCOTT LINDLAW
Associated Press Writer

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - President Bush, hunting for votes in hotly
contested Sun Belt states, said Friday his administration is working
toward wiring homes throughout America with high-speed Internet access
by 2007.
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In an outdoor speech here, the president stopped short of promising he
would reach the goal by 2007, saying instead that ``we ought to have''
cheap high-speed access everywhere. Nor did he offer a detailed plan
on how he hoped to achieve it.

But his administration has been working at it behind the scenes. Last
month, the Federal Communication Commission voted to write rules for a
third way to bring high-speed Internet service to homes: through
conventional electric lines, where a homeowner could plug a modem into
an electrical outlet.
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