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States win big in second round of broadband stimulus funds

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke recently announced the latest round of economic stimulus awards totaling $357 million for expanded high-speed Internet access. Nine states received record funding for broadband expansion. Nine states - California, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin - received funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Read More »

New legislation would close tax loophole, shut down $600 million Verizon windfall

A new piece of legislation has the potential to shut down a $600 million corporate tax windfall in the Verizon-Frontier deal, and protect consumers, workers, and communities. Read More »

First four NTIA state grants awarded

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced on October 5th that it has awarded four state grants in California, Indiana, North Carolina, and Vermont for broadband mapping. Read More »

Indiana one step closer to high-speed

On July 1, Indiana will move forward with improving the adoption and deployment of high-speed Internet connections thanks to a recently passed bill supported by the Communications Workers of America. Read More »

State-by-state report shows little improvement in U.S. Internet speeds

Speed Matters has released our second Read More »

Indiana’s colleges have a high speed backbone

We've already discussed the terrific potential of high speed Internet to improve K-12 education in the U.S. Now in Indiana, a new high speed network is plugging dozens of colleges and universities into super fast connections that will greatly enhance higher education and research. Read More »

80,000 Speed Testers Send a Powerful Message

Thanks to our 80,000 Speed Testers, the Speed Matters Campaign has been making waves around the country. On Monday we released a state-by-state report and interactive map on U.S. internet speeds based on the test results. Read More »

The results are in

More than 80,000 people have taken the Speed Matters Speed Test to learn the actual speed of their internet connections. We've used the results of all those speed tests to create the first-ever state-by-state report on internet speeds across America. Our findings were deeply troubling. Read More »

How to connect your state with high-speed Internet

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 »

Mapping Indiana’s Digital Divide

In Indiana, lawmakers are pursing a mapping strategy to analyze and document the state's digital divide. Read More »

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