Bland County, Virginia's goal of having high-speed wireless Internet access availability throughout the entire area is coming closer to reality. Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service, phase III of the county's drive to spread wireless broadband Internet access across the land. Read More »
America needs a rural broadband policy as soon as possible according to a Lynchburg News & Advance editorial. The editorial cites the Speed Matters state-by-state Internet connection speed report as their primary evidence of the need for a national policy. Read More »
Speed Matters has released our second Read More »
Investments in high speed Internet are as critical as those in transportation, according to Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine and a series of papers released by the Brookings Institution. Read More »
InRich.com has put out a call to readers urging them to take the Speed Matters Speed Test. The news site will report the results to its readers and at the same time help collect data that will be included in Speed Matters' second annual state-by-state Internet speed report later this summer. Read More »
Electronic medical records have tremendous potential to save time and trim costs from our health care system. Virginia Governor Tim Kaine recognizes this potential, and he is leading his state's participation in a federal project that allows Virginia to give financial incentives to doctors who use electronic medical record technology and report back about the results. Read More »
"Project Bluebird," a study being conducted by economic officials in Page County, Virginia, will assess the need, costs, and methods for bringing high-speed Internet to the county. With unemployment in the county up, and a large majority businesses expressing dissatisfaction with current Internet service, Page County could benefit greatly from Project Bluebird's findings, and from high speed Internet. Read More »
Maria Applewood and her family are desperate for high speed Internet, but as Maria says, her home is located in a "black hole." That's because her hometown of Berryville, Virginia, isn't densely populated enough to interest Internet service providers in building out high speed access to every home. Read More »
A new report is making the case for universal high speed Internet, outlining the benefits of breaking the digital divide -- and the consequences of lagging behind. Read More »
Verizon's at it again, this time pushing a radical deregulation proposal before the Virginia Corporation Commission. Verizon wants the Commission to rule there's enough telecom competition in every region of the state to justify freeing the company of all regulation. This would allow Verizon to raise basic telephone rates as much as it wants after a three-year transition period. Read More »
