In a conference yesterday, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) chairman Julius Genachowski declared his vision of 100 Squared, a project he would like undertaken whereby high speed networks capable of 100Mbps data transfer rates or higher would be available to at least 100 million US households.

It’s a bold project to say the least, one that doesn’t come with a set timeline for implementation but the goal of it would be to grow broadband acceptance levels from the current 65% to the target level of 90% under the plan.

It’s believed that the National Broadband Plan would be engaged to assist with this endeavor and Genachowski was cautious to point out that the 100Mbps should not be seen as a cap for the maximum data transfer speed. In fact, he went out of his way to highlight a Google project whereby the search engine giant was taking applications for cities where they could test out their own high speed 1Gbps broadband networks.

There are many hurdles that will stand in the way of this project and will need to be addressed. For example, to reach the mandate of 90% network coverage, internet providers will have to improve network access in under served communities and rural areas where infrastructure development has so far been cost prohibitive. Advances in 4G technology may help reduce costs, but this is just one of many issues to be faced.

In any case, the fact that they are talking about such a project is encouraging and is a great first step.

Via: Electronista, Gizmodo