The Internet has sparked a communications revolution that will accelerate as advanced voice, data and video services emerge. Interactive, high-speed broadband networks with the capacity to deliver next-generation applications will become essential to businesses, schools, health care providers, government and individuals. Such a network is not available to most of Seattle today. If Seattle is to compete in the new world of enhanced communications, it must have an affordable, open, universally available, state-of-the-art broadband network.