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Background[]

Smart Place[]

Laurel: To Pittsburgh. Despite its financial woes, and despite a corporate mind-set that continues to disrespect taxpayers by forcing them to become venture capitalists, Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranks the erstwhile Steel City ninth on its first "50 Smart Places to Live" list. Nashville tops the list. Just think where Pittsburgh would rank if it could cut taxes and force the Jim Rohr-types to pull their hands from the public pockets.

The President called Pittsburgh, "Knowledge Town"[]

Feb, 2002 -- The President then spoke to an invited audience of University and community leaders and health care professionals in the Connolly Ballroom of Pitt’s Masonic Temple. His speech praised the University and UPMC Health System as being on the forefront of the war against terrorism and said that the city that used to be called “Steel Town” should now be referred to as “Knowledge Town.” A group of Pitt health sciences faculty members who are also UPMC physicians joined the President on stage as he presented his address.

Opposition

Pittsburgh has ignored the youth, closed Rec Centers and failed to leverage technology as a tool for making interactions with the youth and other citizens.

U.S. lags in high-speed Internet[]

April 12, 2006 - The U.S. has fallen to 12th in global ranking of high-speed Internet connections. We now lag behind many other industrialized countries in Europe and Asia, according to a recent survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that shows Iceland overtaking longtime leader South Korea for the top spot.

Without investment in our communication networks, U.S. businesses will soon be at a significant competitive disadvantage in developing new products and services and in creating new markets.

The FCC's chairman protested the OECD's rankings do "not tell the full story" because the low population density of the U.S. made comparisons with high-density countries like South Korea unfair. But Iceland, Norway, and Sweden -- all of which ranked higher than the U.S. -- have even lower population densities than the U.S. and yet have obviously surmounted that obstacle to wider broadband access.

In 2001, the U.S. ranked 4th, but governments elsewhere have aggressively promoted the next generation of broadband over fiber optics that travels many times faster than DSL or cable. The Telecommunications Act of 1996, with its "unbundling" provisions, was meant to foster competition among Internet providers. But U.S. phone and cable companies have lobbied vigorously to roll back those requirement, claiming regulation is no longer necessary.

Technology in Borders[]

President G.W. Bush called for increases in technology and physical deterrents to help secure the border (from May, 2006):

We will construct high-tech fences in urban corridors, and build new patrol roads and barriers in rural areas. We’ll employ motion sensors, infrared cameras, and unmanned aerial vehicles to prevent illegal crossings. America has the best technology in the world, and we will ensure that the Border Patrol has the technology they need to do their job and secure our border.

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Tool for History and Preservation[]

Technology everywhere.[]

Media[]

    • Getting blamed for the miss-use of technology can cause you to loose your job. Rauterkus 10:28, 5 September 2007 (MDT)
  • AT&T to offer $20 'naked' DSL service USA TODAY.com in January 2007. Cheaper high-speed Internet service is coming. Within a few months, AT&T is expected to start charging $19.95 a month for 'naked' DSL, meaning you don't have to buy any other AT&T (T) service, including phone, to get that rate. It currently charges $45 for a stand-alone broadband subscription. AT&T also is developing $10 DSL for new subscribers who also buy AT&T-branded phone service.

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