It took forty years for the landline telephone to reach 90 percent penetration, yet the cell phone reached the same threshold in just a decade. You never hear about the world needing to solve a radio or TV gap—these wireless devices were adopted quickly and were plug-and-play, latching on to the right frequency to work.19 The lesson is obvious: If it’s possible to shift from fiber-optic cables to wireless technology for broadband, we can spread broadband coverage farther and faster and at a lower cost—not just in the United States, but around the world.
