Open Internet Archives
06.18.10
Posted By: Kate Snyder, Speed Matters Campaign Coordinator
It is with a tremendous sense of urgency that CWA joins with our brothers and sisters in the labor, environmental and civil rights movements to urge Congress to act quickly to clarify the FCC’s authority to protect an Open Internet and apply Universal Service Funding to broadband. At this critical juncture, creating our high-speed networks for the 21st Century are as critical to commerce as expanding roadways, electric service and telephone lines were to the 20th Century.
The decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in the Comcast case has put into question the FCC’s legal authority to protect an open Internet and accelerate broadband deployment and adoption. We need Congress to quickly resolve this question because any other path would lead to years of litigation and regulatory uncertainty that will reduce broadband investment and industry jobs. Read More »
06.02.10
Posted By: Speed Matters Blog Team
Seventy-four House Democrats sent a letter to Chairman Genachowski on May 24 saying they have concerns with the agency's plan to reclassify broadband as a Title II regulated service. Read More »
05.25.10
Posted By: Speed Matters Blog Team
On May 24, the chairmen of four Congressional committees and subcommittees that deal with issues pertaining to regulation of broadband Internet access announced that they plan to update the Communications Act. Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen welcomed the announcement. CWA believes that the best approach is for Congress to craft a narrowly tailored bill in the short-term that would establish the FCC's authority to protect an open Internet and promote broadband deployment and adoption. Read More »
05.25.10
Posted By: Speed Matters Blog Team
A Washington Post editorial proposes a "fourth way" regulatory framework for broadband Internet in reaction to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's "third way" plan. The editorial argues that the FCC should not attempt to fit broadband into an existing, yet largely incompatible regulatory framework. Rather, the FCC should work with Congress to create clear, yet limited, new rules for broadband providers that focus on increased reporting, monitoring and transparency. Read More »
05.18.10
Posted By: Speed Matters Blog Team
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has now publicly stated her support for public hearings on the proposed NBCU-Comcast merger. Read More »
05.14.10
Posted By: Speed Matters Blog Team
Forty-Six members of Congress — including many from the Congressional Black and Hispanic Caucuses — recently called on the FCC to hold public hearings on Comcast's bid to purchase NBC Universal. Read More »
05.07.10
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on May 6 announced support for reclassifying the transmission component of broadband Internet access service as a Title II telecommunications service. Read More »
05.07.10
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
The Communications Workers of America believes that the Federal Communications Commission's rulemaking and its response to the recent Comcast decision should prioritize buildout, job creation, an open internet, and a level competitive landscape across all networks. Read More »
04.30.10
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
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 »
04.29.10
Posted By: Speedmatters Blog Team
During its first hearing on the National Broadband Plan, U.S. House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet Chairman Rick Boucher expressed concern over one of the findings of the FCC's plan, arguing that more Americans than currently thought lack broadband service. Read More »
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