Gearlog Radio with David Coursey
Guest: Bob Frankston, Co-Inventor of the First Spreadsheet (VisiCalc)

Computing pioneer Bob Frankston says the best way to provide Americans with bandwidth would be to follow the model of the Interstate Highway System: Make it available inexpensively to all. That doesn't mean Frankston, co-inventor of the first spreadsheet and a former Microsoft scientist, wants the government to take over the Internet, but he is serious about people and businesses being able to get as much bandwidth as they desire, almost for free.

Listen to the program. Length: About 21 minutes.