Yesterday NextGenWeb attended the Freedom to Connect Conference in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Kathy Brown, Senior Vice President for Public Policy at Verizon, gave a speech talking about all innovative ways broadband can create a cleaner environment. She emphasized the importance of a continued dialogue focused on the ways broadband can reduce our carbon footprint. “The more people that become aware of the great ways broadband technology can contribute to the challenges of climate change, the better,” she said
One of the examples highlighted was telecommuting. People working from home utilizing a broadband connection takes cars off the road and saves billions of dollars in fuel cost. Further, it drastically reduces traffic, greenhouse gas emissions and America’s dependence of foreign oil. Additionally, office-to-office teleconferencing applications allow workers to have a real virtual presence from home.
Bottom line: Broadband can play a greater role in facilitating energy efficiency. It is the “Green Network”.
Click here to read the full ACI study Kathy referenced in her speech. We invite you to learn more about the ways broadband is green!
Click here to watch Kathy’s speech and below to view her presentation.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Good ideas, the telecommuting savings of broadband helping people to work at home is a double plus, saving energy/reducing carbon emissions and improving efficiency and quality of home life at the same time.
Joy Howell
Director
Broadband Changed My Life! Campaign
Alliance for Public Technology