President Obama outlines five-year plan for national 4G service

It seems that even our Commander-in-Chief is susceptible to dropped calls and slow data speeds. No secret super-phones in the Oval Office.

President Barack Obama outlined the details of a newly introduced White House plan intended to bring reliable 4G wireless broadband to 98 percent of Americans within the next five years during a speech at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich. yesterday. The core of the plan would ask, though not require, local TV stations to give up a chunk of the broadcast spectrum assigned to them by the Federal Communications Commission. The chunks would then be auctioned off to wireless companies with the donating broadcaster getting a piece of the of proceeds. In effect, it's an effort to get the most out of our broadband spectrum, which is a limited quantity.

"Every American deserves access to the world's information," Obama told the gathered crowd in his distance-learning session powered by 4G WiMax. "Every American deserves access to the global economy. We have promised this for 15 years. It's time we delivered on that promise."

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