Editorial Highlights Problems With US High Speed Internet Service
05.09.07
The San Jose Mercury News editorial hits the nail on the head with this week's editorial on the state of high speed internet access in the US. Read More »
California Archives
Speaker Pelosi: America Needs to Be Number One in Internet Access
05.01.07
The new Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, discussed the importance of high-speed Internet deployment at the Communications Workers of America's spring conference. Here's the video. Read More »
The Digital Divide: A Case Study
04.27.07
Few regions of the United States are more spread out and have rougher terrain than Tuolumne County, California. Containing the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Yosemite National Park, Tuolumne is not exactly tailor-made for high speed internet infrastructure. Read More »
U.S. House Gets Moving on “Innovation Agenda”
04.26.07
Encouraging signs are coming from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has announced her intention to move forward on a set of programs called the "Innovation Agenda." Read More »
High Speeds In California - But Not For Everyone!
03.15.07
You might expect that in the heart of the Silicon Valley high speed internet would be a given, but that is not necessarily the case. Speed Matters blogger Roger Osburne recently heard from CWA member Yonah Diamond. The Good News is he got great speed of 15 mb. The Bad News is he was sitting in a conference room at an AT&T Data Center and not at home. Read More »
How to connect your state with high-speed Internet
03.08.07
In cooperation with Connected Nation, a nonprofit group aimed at expanding high-speed Internet access and other community-based technology improvements, CWA has developed model legislation for state-level Internet policies. Read More »
California Removes Hurdle to High Speed Internet Access
01.31.07
California, arguably the technology capital of the world, has taken another step forward by eliminating fees for the installation of high speed fiber optic lines along state rights of way. Read More »
Silicon Valley Wants High Speeds
01.02.07
The Silicon Valley is calling for action on a national high speed Interent policy Read More »
California Sets the Bar
12.18.06
California Broadband Task Force member Charles Giancarlo speaks out about the importance of a high speed internet policy. Read More »
California gets serious about closing the digital divide
12.14.06
A few days ago, the State of California took an important step forward for millions of Americans who lack access to the communication infrastructure of the 21st century Read More »
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