Congress Must Act to Protect Open Internet
Momentum continues to build for Congress to step in and pass a narrowly targeted bill to clarify FCC authority over broadband regulation. Read More »
Momentum continues to build for Congress to step in and pass a narrowly targeted bill to clarify FCC authority over broadband regulation. Read More »
Speed Matters' partner One Economy was awarded $28.5 million in grant money to expand high-speed Internet in underserved communities in the latest round of NITA's Broadband Opportunity funding. Read More »
With the price tag of college tuition rising and unemployment growing, distance learning is allowing community colleges to increase enrollment without overburdening finite resources. Thanks to broadband, offering courses virtually has never been easier - and that's good news to the nation's community colleges, which are being swamped by job seekers going back to school. Read More »
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 »
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 »
Telemedicine achieved a significant milestone recently when an endoscopic surgery in Puerto Rico was broadcast live to doctors in several locations throughout the United States. Read More »
Speed Matters has released our second Read More »
The community of Applegate, Michigan, is about to get plugged in to high speed Internet, thanks to the Community Connect program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read More »
Presidential candidate Barack Obama continues to press for a national high speed Internet policy. Read More »
For moms struggling to balance their careers and their families, high speed internet has become an extremely useful tool to stay connected. Read More »