In an effort to extend high speed Internet access state wide, South Carolina has formed The South Carolina Technology and Communications Study Committee to study the existing high speed Internet infrastructure and examine the need for high speed Internet in both unserved and underserved areas. Read More »
On November 5, Senator Joe Biden joined CWA activists at an event at Marshalltown Community College in Marshalltown, IA to talk about the importance of bringing high speed internet access to all Americans. Read More »
This week, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released an important report on the need for the United States to collect better data on high speed Internet penetration. Read More »
The House of Representatives has passed the Broadband Census of America Act of 2007, H.R. 3919, bringing the nation one step closer to universal high speed Internet access, and to accomplishing one of the goals of the Speed Matters campaign. Read More »
The Alliance for Public Technology has just released a new report, Broadband Initiatives: Enhancing Lives and Transforming Communities, which documents examples of how high speed networks have changed the lives, and saved the lives, of individuals and communities in ways that many of us could not have even imagined 5 years ago. In a short video, Dr. Curtis Lowery, of the ANGELS program in Arkansas, explains how rural women who never would have had access to pre-natal care now can access it locally. Read More »
Democratic presidential candidates Joseph Biden, Hillary Clinton, Christopher Dodd, and Bill Richardson told Iowans of the critical importance of CWA's Speed Matters initiative during campaign events this week. Read More »
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently updated its statistics on high speed Internet connections, drawn from data collected through December 31st, 2006. The data show that broadband buildout is accelerating, but may be hitting a wall in rural areas. Read More »
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has filed legislation to create a Massachusetts Broadband Institute to extend high speed Internet access to all communities in the state by 2010. Read More »
During a recent debate at the Columbia Business School, the United States was described as being in the "middle of the pack" of broadband adoption among developed countries. Despite a pledge by President Bush in 2004 to have universal high speed Internet by the year 2007, we are still without a national high speed Internet policy -- let alone universal access. But if legislation that committees in the House and the Senate have passed becomes law, we will begin to map the future. Read More »
High speed Internet not only leads to economic growth, new jobs, widespread educational opportunities, and better access to health care resources, it can help stop global warming. According to Australian telecommunications company Telstra, widespread use of high speed Internet can allow for reductions of carbon emissions. Read More »
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