Maryland: Expanding access for everyone
07.03.07
Despite being one of our country's most wired states, Maryland has had its own problems with high speed internet access. Read More »
Newsweek highlights sorry state of U.S. high speed internet
07.03.07
The latest issue of Newsweek promises its readers "178 Things You Need to Know." One of those things is the dismal state of high speed internet access in the United States. Read More »
Another compelling case for high speed internet
07.02.07
Mark Lloyd has written a terrific rundown of universal high speed internet access for the Center for American Progress. Read More »
Southern West Virginia gets federal loan for fiber network
06.29.07
Earlier this month, Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia announced $37.9 million in loans to help rural residents of his state connect to high speed internet. Read More »
Taking it to the FCC
06.28.07
Recently the FCC has been flooded with testimony arguing for universal high speed internet access. Reaching that goal requires the FCC to collect more comprehensive data on the current state of high speed connections across the country. Read More »
Economic growth, courtesy of high speed internet
06.28.07
The latest Business Week features a cover story on the resurgence of our nation's telecom industry and the role that high speed internet has played in jumpstarting that growth. Read More »
80,000 Speed Testers Send a Powerful Message
06.26.07
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
06.25.07
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 »
ConnectKentucky: A model for the rest of the country
06.21.07
The success of ConnectKentucky hasn't escaped our lawmakers in Washington, DC. The program is a combined effort of local government and the private sector to boost technology use in the Bluegrass State, with a focus on expanding high speed internet access. Read More »
Redwood forests and high speed internet
06.21.07
Last month more than a hundred people gathered for the third annual Redwood Coast Broadband Forum in Northern California. The purpose was to discuss the current state of high speed internet access along the state's North Coast and ways to expand access to all residents. Read More »
