The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has released its latest international broadband statistics and the findings remain grim for the United States. Read More »
A first hurdle to a national broadband policy was cleared on Friday, as President Bush signed the Broadband Data Improvement Act (S. 1492) into law. Read More »
The Broadband Data Improvement Act (S.1492), a key initiative of the Communications Workers of America's Speed Matters project, has cleared two important hurdles. The Senate passed the legislation on Friday and the House of Representatives passed its version of the bill yesterday. A joint conference committee will now meet to work out the differences between the bills. Read More »
This week, CWA teamed up with the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council to send a letter to important Congressional Committee leaders urging prompt action on legislation calling for nationwide availability of 100 Mbps networks by 2015. Read More »
Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen testified before Congress on September 16 in a hearing called "Why Broadband Matters." Cohen issued a call to action for Congressional Leaders, urging the passage of the Broadband Data Information Act (S. 1492). He also outlined six steps to creating a national broadband policy. Read More »
The need for universal high speed Internet has been getting serious national attention this election season. In addition to being a plank in this year's Democratic platform, the issue has caught the eye of candidates like Tom Allen, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Maine. Read More »
Life in the fast lane on the Internet in the U.S. depends on where you live, what you earn, and what time of day you try to connect. Americans are more aware of that now, thanks to the wide variety of blogs and traditional media which covered the release of our report on Internet download speeds last week. Read More »
This election season, the Obama campaign has encouraged people to host grassroots events as part of the process to develop the Democratic platform. Organizers have been working hard to put together meetings on a huge variety of issues -- and CWA members came together to discuss the need for the U.S. to adopt a comprehensive high speed Internet policy to achieve universal access. Read More »
BuisnessWeek recently called for a national high speed Internet policy in an column written by Bruce Mehlman and Larry Irving, co-chairmen of the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA), a coalition of business and nonprofit organizations that is committed to widespread usage and availability of high speed Internet. Read More »
While the percentage of Americans who have high speed Internet access at home has increased over the past year, one in ten Americans still cannot gain access to high speed networks, according to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Read More »
