Ars Technica has an article on Fed commitments and intentions that broadband access be treated as a core utility.
Broadband Internet service “has steadily shifted from an optional amenity to a core utility” and is now “taking its place alongside water, sewer, and electricity as essential infrastructure for communities,” says a report released by the White House yesterday.
The article also lists actual initiatives toward “core utility broadband” that are presently underway.