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CWA Offers Suggestions for FCC Telecom Access Reform

CWA voiced support for the main thrust of an FCC proposal to update policies governing access charges paid by long distance and wireless providers to local wireline companies -- changes meant to reflect the shift from copper wire to digital -- but suggested modifications to protect jobs and service provided by mid-size rural companies.

CWA Offers Suggestions for FCC Telecom Access Reform

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Lack of high-speed Internet puts rural areas at a disadvantage

The digital divide is severely hurting small rural communities. In the small town of Grove in upstate New York there is no high speed Internet access, cable TV, or cell phone service. The town relies on dial up and suffers because of it. However, just a few towns over in Alfred Station which has high speed access, businesses are using the Internet to flourish.

Lack of high-speed Internet puts rural areas at a disadvantage