Broadband Can Lead to Significant Boost in Business Earnings
06.15.11
Companies with broadband Internet access make nearly twice as much in annual revenues as those that don't, according to a new study. Read More »
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CWA and Speed Matters release 2010 Report on Internet Speeds in All 50 States
12.15.10
On Wednesday, December 15, the Communications Workers of America and the Speed Matters campaign released the 2010 Report on Internet Speeds in all 50 States. Read More »
Eighteen states and two territories ring in the New Year with NTIA grants
01.05.10
Between December 22 and December 31, The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced an additional twenty broadband mapping and planning grants in eighteen states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Read More »
USDA report shows that broadband improves rural economies
08.24.09
The US Department of Agriculture released a report that compared job growth in rural areas that adopted broadband at the start of the decade with areas that lack broadband. The conclusion: broadband helps communities and businesses create good-paying jobs. Yet, according to the USDA study, only 41 percent of rural households had broadband connections in 2008. Read More »
Ohio Senator opens doors for broadband
07.30.09
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) recently hosted a seminar with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Connect Ohio, and broadband providers to discuss the benefits of broadband expansion. Sen. Brown and Sen. Tom Harkin, (D-IA) led early debates about and fought to secure funding for broadband access. And now that the $7.2 billon is earmarked, states and service providers are working to coordinate efforts to secure funds. Read More »
Telehealth network to link hundreds of hospitals in Midwest
04.02.09
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Rural Health Care Pilot Program (RHCPP) announced grants for five broadband telehealth networks - connecting hospitals in nine states on April 16. The program will also fund a sixth network in Alaska. Read More »
State-by-state report shows little improvement in U.S. Internet speeds
08.12.08
Speed Matters has released our second Read More »
Sen. Biden: we need an ‘Online Nation’
11.16.07
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 »
Candidates sign on to Speed Matters
11.09.07
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 »
Speed Matters catches on as presidential campaign issue in Iowa
10.18.07
Access to high-speed Internet service isn't a major campaign issue like the war in Iraq or health care -- but voters are beginning to hear from presidential candidates why Speed Matters thanks to CWA activists who are taking the union's campaign to the candidates. This week, at a campaign stop in Iowa, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said CWA's Speed Matters' campaign is crucial to building a "strong America" where "small towns...have the ability to compete." Read More »
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