Why Broadband?
The future is about rich multimedia services and information exchange
  …possible only with wide-scale availability of broadband Internet access
but…
Many people are still without broadband service
Up to 30% of America (32 million homes) cannot get broadband service
(rural areas, older neighbourhoods, poor neighbourhoods)
A large majority of the developing world does not have broadband
connectivity
It is not economically feasible to provide wired connectivity to these
customers