FCC chairman Julius Genachowski at a conference today launched (PDF) an effort to boost the speed of Internet access in the US to 100Mbps and higher. Dubbed 100 Squared, it would provide at least 100Mbps access to 100 million homes in the US. The official didn't give a timetable for the rollout but hoped it would boost adoption of broadband from 65 percent today to 90 percent.