National Broadband Master Plan looks to create secure national network

"We believe the internet should be as essential as water and electricity; that's why we're making broadband the 'fifth utility.' We focus on bringing fast, reliable, and affordable internet, phone, and digital TV to neighborhoods and apartment buildings that big providers often overlook."

"The National Broadband Master Plan is a five-year plan to digitally overhaul, modernize, secure and unify the country's digital infrastructure by creating what it says would be a vast, nationwide network of underground conduits, infrastructure and fiber. The infrastructure would be large and robust enough to accommodate the rapid migration from individual retail internet circuits to dedicated strands of fiber."

"The website suggests that the National Broadband Master Plan is vital to national security. It says that our fragmented, consumer-grade internet is a security risk that leaves critical infrastructure and control systems exposed and vulnerable in an era of cyber warfare and quantum threats."

NEO Network Development proposes a National Broadband Master Plan to create a nationwide underground digital infrastructure network alongside interstates, highways, and roads managed by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The five-year initiative aims to modernize, secure, and unify the country's digital infrastructure through vast underground conduits and fiber networks capable of supporting the shift from retail internet circuits to dedicated fiber strands. The plan leverages existing fiber, poles, and hybrid networks to maintain affordability. Upon completion, the fiber core will connect thousands of anchor points including federal buildings, airports, seaports, utilities, military bases, and communications centers. The initiative frames broadband as the fifth essential utility alongside water and electricity, targeting underserved neighborhoods and apartment buildings. The plan emphasizes national security concerns, addressing vulnerabilities in fragmented consumer-grade internet infrastructure that expose critical systems to cyber threats and quantum risks.

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