Encouraging news out of Washington: The House Energy and Commerce committee unanimously approved the Broadband Census of America Act (HR 3919), which would require the FCC to collect more thorough and more detailed data on current high speed Internet deployment in the United States. Read More »
Last week, a House of Representatives subcommittee approved important legislation to improve high speed Internet data collection. A few days prior, a Senate committee was hard at work on another piece of legislation that would help close the digital divide. Read More »
The House of Representatives Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee has approved legislation to improve data collection on high speed Internet deployment. The bill incorporates key provisions supported by CWA's Speed Matters campaign and is another important step in bringing high speed Internet access to every American. Read More »
During a recent meeting in Little Rock, Federal Communications Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein and Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor joined rural advocates and educators to hail the Universal Service Fund as a route to bring high speed Internet access to rural areas. Read More »
In a recent column on MidwestBusiness.com, communications technology consultant and professor James Carlini declares that high speed internet is the next essential piece of infrastructure for the United States. Read More »
Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has been conducting novel experiment this week: a series of online discussions to get input from regular Americans on his upcoming universal broadband bill. Jeff Rechenbach, Executive Vice President of the Communications Workers of America, participated in the conversation. Read More »
The Broadband Data Improvement Act (S. 1492) was marked up and reported out of committee on July 19 in the Senate. Read More »
The success of ConnectKentucky hasn't escaped our lawmakers in Washington, DC. The program is a combined effort of local government and the private sector to boost technology use in the Bluegrass State, with a focus on expanding high speed internet access. Read More »
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) just released a terrific paper laying out a comprehensive argument for universal high speed internet access. "The Case for a National Broadband Policy," by Robert D. Atkinson, lays out a series of specific reasons that our government should do more to promote expansion of high speed internet access to all Americans. Read More »
Congress has been busy working on a variety of high speed internet proposals lately. Yet another effort--led by Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ken Salazar (D-CO)--seeks to overhaul a federal loan program that helps rural communities. Read More »
