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Companies continue to expand high speed Internet, despite poor economy

Despite a sluggish economy, Internet providers aren't slowing the pace of high-speed network deployment and expansion. In fact, the major internet service providers have big plans to improve their available Internet speeds and capabilities. This is because, regardless of the current economic climate, there is an undeniable demand for speed. But in order to ensure that the buildout reaches all Americans, including those in rural and lower-income areas, our country is still in urgent need of a national high speed Internet policy.

Companies continue to expand high speed Internet, despite poor economy

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Sharing lessons from Stop the Sale

CWA President Larry Cohen attended the "Building a Movement for Worker Justice" conference in Montpelier, VT last weekened. At the conference he highlighted the recent campaign by labor and community activists to "Stop the Sale" of Verizon's landlines in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire to FairPoint communications, a small, financially unstable company.

Sharing lessons from Stop the Sale

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Universal broadband access: mission accomplished?

Using metrics such as the Federal Communications Commission's definition of high speed Internet (200kbps, barely fast enough to stream a video) and the FCC version of access (just one person with access in an entire zip code), a new study has optimistically determined that President Bush's promise of universal high speed Internet by 2007 has almost been reached.

Universal broadband access: mission accomplished?

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CA Broadband Task Force Report on High Speed Coverage

In a recent report, the California Broadband Task Force found that 96 percent of Californians have high speed Internet access, although speeds vary. Those numbers sound good, but coverage is concentrated in metropolitan areas. Over 1.4 million Californians, living almost exclusively in rural areas, are still without high speed Internet.

CA Broadband Task Force Report on High Speed Coverage

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What a national high speed Internet policy should look like

On Tuesday, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) held a discussion on the need for a national high speed Internet policy and what such a policy should look like. ITIF's president, Robert Atkinson, kicked off the event with a discussion of his new paper, "Framing a National Broadband Policy."

What a national high speed Internet policy should look like