Broadband Internet service “has steadily shifted from an optional amenity to a core utility” and is now “taking its place alongside water, sewer, and electricity as essential infrastructure for communities,” says a report released by the White House yesterday. — <a href="http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/09/broadband-is-a-core-utility-like-electricity-white-house-report-says/" target="_blank">Broadband is a “core utility” like electricity, White House report says | Ars Technica</a> (via <a href="http://pulse.infoneer.net/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">infoneer-pulse</a>)