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Last week's broadband-focused event highlighted the growing pains that true innovation brings for incumbents.

Demand for broadband and the value of a broadband connection are both on the rise, even as the cost a service provider can charge for such connections drops. Figuring out a business model that benefits service providers and consumers — and that continues to drive innovation — was a key theme at "The New Broadband Buildout," a GigaOM Bunker Session held last week in our San Francisco office. The event, which featured heated debate about the fate of broadband innovation, also tackled the thorny issue of finding a broadband business model for future.