Speed Matters honored by two organizations
Thank you to all of our readers, supporters, activists, and union brothers and sisters -- your hard work, support and encouragement has allowed Speed Matters to become a success, and to be recognized by two prestigious organizations for SpeedMatters.org.
Connected Tennessee releases county-level Internet speed map
Connected Tennessee has released a county-by-county report of average Internet speeds. The report was gathered with data gathered from 86,000 people over all 95 counties in Tennessee, including data collected by SpeedMatters.
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 fr...
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.
Gearing up for our second speed test report
Last year, Speed Matters used thousands of online speed tests from regular Americans across the country to develop a state-by-state report on Internet connection speed. We will be releasing its second annual state-by-state report this summer, and we need as many people...
High Speed Internet necessary for distance education
Speed Matters has released a new video on the importance of high speed Internet access for distance learning, allowing adults who are returning to school to upgrade their skills or train for new jobs by taking classes online.
The impact of public policy on fiber to the home
Joe Savage, President of the Fiber to the Home Council, shares his thoughts on the importance of public policy to the growth of next generation networks.
Obama and Clinton agree: Speed Matters: Affordable high speed Internet for America
Speaking to Communications Workers of America members from around the country at the annual CWA Legislative-Political Conference, Senators Clinton and Obama reiterated their commitment to making a national high speed Internet policy a top priority. Watch what they had t...
Emergency response professionals need technology overhaul
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers may be better off using their cellular phones to communicate than the systems that EMS agencies provide them, according to a February report to Congress.
Report shows U.S. high speed Internet deployment still lags behind
Akamai Technologies has released its second quarterly State of the Internet report, which ranks countries and states based on the percentage of their population who connect to the Internet at a speed greater than 5 mbps. By this measure, the U.S. comes in sixth place, w...
10 ways high speed Internet can help Earth
In honor of April's Earth Day celebrations, NextGenWeb put together a list of 10 ways that high speed Internet can help save the earth. These tips for your personal and professional life can help you go green using high speed Internet.
CWA leader appointed to WA broadband working group
Gail Love from CWA Local 7810 has been appointed to the Washington State Broadband Working Group. The group's first task will be to review the recently released comprehensive report on high speed Internet in five Washington counties and develop strategies for expanding...
Telemedicine program keeps students in the classroom
A new telemedicine program was recently launched in all 17 schools in the Sevier Country, Tennessee school district that significantly improves the capabilities of the school nurse.
British telemedicine pilot program expanded after initial success
A broadband-based system - called Telehealth - that allows health care professional to monitor patients remotely is being brought to British nursing homes.
China announces plans for high-speed network
China has plans to build a nationwide high-capacity optic-fiber network that would be able to carry Internet, telephone and television services.
Pew Report predicts state of the Internet in 2020
A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project makes several predictions about technology and its role in the year 2020.
Finland vows universal 100 Mbps access
The Finnish government has announced plans for universal broadband access across Finland assuring that no person will be further than a mile and a half away from a broadband Internet connection of at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps).
New grant extends high speed Internet to rural Michigan
The community of Applegate, Michigan, is about to get plugged in to high speed Internet, thanks to the Community Connect program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
High speed Internet access connects farmers in more ways than one
High-speed connections help family farmers, but there's a digital divide in the country: only one third of rural America has access to high speed Internet. The Broadband Data Improvement Act, Senate bill 1492, would help expand and improve high speed Internet's ability...
New report confirms U.S. is slipping further behind
The United States has slipped to 15th in high speed Internet penetration, with just 23.3 percent, according a new report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This news follows an unfortunate down trend - in 2006, the U.S. was ranked 12t...
The incredible potential of telemedicine
A recent dispatch from the Progressive States Network brought together a wealth of information on the many benefits of telemedicine, and how states and local programs are utilizing this powerful new technology.
U.S. fiber deployment lags behind
The percentage of total broadband subscribers in the United States who are connected with fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) or fiber-to-the-building technology is just a fraction of the world leaders', according to June's Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (O...
Telemedicine at Work in Southwest Virginia
The Meadowview Health Clinic and Community Center in Meadowview, Virginia has received a $227,613 federal grant to join a telemedicine network with the University of Virginia.
United States still lags behind in international broadband penetration
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has released its latest international broadband statistics and the findings remain grim for the United States.
High speed broadband to help improve environment
A recent study found that fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology will provide significant environmental benefits, just six years after being deployed. The study, commissioned by the Fiber-to-the-Home Council based its findings on similar lifestyle studies used in other ind...