While we continue to work through technical difficulties at the event site (technology is great but sometimes can be a headache) we are still listening intently to the presentations and discussions taking place at the Cleantech Forum in Washington DC.  They’re focused on the future of the environment and new technologies that are instrumental to the rather large effort to reduce humanity’s carbon footprint.   There was a mention of the disadvantage people in rural areas have because of their inability to get to their job without driving. Telecommuting over broadband networks can allow people to perform their job at the same level without ever leaving their home, even in rural areas. Increased access to broadband for these rural areas would allow more people the flexibility in their work that people in urban settings experience. This would make staying near home or in the area of their choice more of a possibility.  Access to robust, high-speed Internet networks over broadband is the starting point of making that concept a reality.  More to come …

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