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Maine Senate candidate running on high-speed platform

Maine Senate candidate running on high-speed platform

29 Aug, 2008

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Maine Senate candidate running on high-speed platform

The need for universal high speed Internet has been getting serious national attention this election season. In addition to being a plank in this year's Democratic platform, the issue has caught the eye of candidates like Tom Allen, who is running for the U.S. Senate in Maine.

Maine Senate candidate running on high-speed platform

Colorado to be telemedicine standard

Colorado to be telemedicine standard

29 Aug, 2008

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Colorado to be telemedicine standard

Thanks to not one, but two grants from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the Colorado Telehealth Network will become a reality.

Colorado to be telemedicine standard

Editorial calls for national broadband policy to be a top priority in '09

Editorial calls for national broadband policy to be a top priority in '09

29 Aug, 2008

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Editorial calls for national broadband policy to be a top priority in '09

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.

Editorial calls for national broadband policy to be a top priority in '09

Rural Ohio county hosts high speed workshop

Rural Ohio county hosts high speed workshop

27 Aug, 2008

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Rural Ohio county hosts high speed workshop

Last week, a "community benchmark workshop" was held in rural Coshocton County, bringing together representatives from a wide variety of industries to examine the current state of high speed Internet for their businesses and to brainstorm future possibilities this technology holds for them. Included were representatives from agriculture, government, health care, education, and many more fields.

Rural Ohio county hosts high speed workshop

Brookings releases new report on e-government

Brookings releases new report on e-government

22 Aug, 2008

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Brookings releases new report on e-government

The Brookings Institute has released a new report on the potential of high speed Internet to improve governments' delivery of information and services to their citizens.

Brookings releases new report on e-government

USA Today features Speed Report Data

USA Today features Speed Report Data

22 Aug, 2008

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USA Today features Speed Report Data

Speedmatters' state-by-state report on Internet connection speeds was in USA Today last week. In an article about Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's call for free high speed Internet for all Americans the newspaper featured broadband statistics from the report.

USA Today features Speed Report Data