Who We Are

Speed Matters promotes affordable high-speed Internet for all Americans. Working with our partners and allies we advocate for programs and policies that build affordable, universal high-speed broadband investment.

Speed Matters is a project of the Communications Workers of America. CWA is the union for the Information Age, representing 700,000 workers in communications, media, airlines, manufacturing, and public service.

Universality Speed Open Protection

Universal Broadband

Just as government policies helped bring affordable telephone service to everyone, our policies should ensure that every individual, family, business, and community has access to and can use high-speed Internet at a price they can afford – regardless of their income or geographic location.

High Speed

Speed matters on the Internet. U.S policies should promote higher Internet speeds and higher capacity networks. The U.S. should adopt policies to get us to 10 megabits per second downstream, 1 megabit per second upstream by 2010, with new benchmarks for succeeding years.

Open Internet

To protect free speech we must build high-capacity networks to ensure that all Americans have fast, open access to content on the Internet. There should be no degradation of service or censoring of any lawful content. Reasonable network management is necessary to preserve an effective and open Internet.

Consumer Protections and Good Jobs

Public policies should include consumer and worker protections, should support the growth of good, career jobs, and require the public reporting of deployment, actual speed, price, and service.

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ITIF: Gov’t must get involved to promote broadband adoption

By Speedmatters Blog Team on Nov 06, 2009

A new report by Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) president Robert Atkinson urges policymakers to take steps to increase broadband adoption. The report points out that while 92 to 94 percent of Americans can subscribe to broadband, only approximately 65 percent have done so. Read More »

Report: A minority of US homes will have high-performance broadband in 2015

By Speedmatters Blog Team on Nov 04, 2009

The Fiber-to-the-Home Council released a report that evaluated the nation’s current and future broadband capabilities and the benefits of maintaining networks to meet those future needs.  Read More »

Connecting libraries is crucial - and possible

By Speedmatters Blog Team on Nov 03, 2009

Speed Matters partner Connected Nation conducted scientific surveys of library Internet users during much of 2009. Disproportionately, single parents, minorities, low-income residents, and adults with disabilities rely on the public library as their primary Internet portal. Library Internet users are more likely to search for jobs online, communicate with government officials, engage in local and community events, and access healthcare information. Read More »

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