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Community Petition For High Speed Access Gets AT&T's Attention

Fed up with slow dial-up speeds, residents along the North Shore of Lake Tahoe have taken matters into their own hands to get better access to high speed internet. Citizens in Carnelian Bay area began circulating a petition last month aimed at convincing telecom companies that there is sufficient demand to justify building out high speed internet infrastructure in the Lake Tahoe region.

Community Petition For High Speed Access Gets AT&T's Attention

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Taking Measure of the Problem

In addition to CWA President Larry Cohen's testimony before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott also spoke in support of the draft of the Broadband Census of America Act.

Taking Measure of the Problem

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President Cohen takes the SpeedMatters Message to the Hill

Today, CWA President Larry Cohen took the case for universal high speed internet access to the U.S. Congress. He testified before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, which is chaired by Rep. Edward Markey, who understands the importance of high speed internet.

President Cohen takes the SpeedMatters Message to the Hill