What I find most troubling about this 'dilemma' is that the reach of broadband nationwide is unknown. There is no comprehensive tracking of broadband service, including which neighborhoods, towns and cities have it and which don't. No federal agency or private group keeps track. To date we have relied on outreach efforts like the Pew Internet and American Life Project and the 2007 Census of Agriculture to measure rural broadband penetration. If we hope to fix America's Broadband Dilemma we need to know where to best target our efforts.
