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CWA, FCC, NAACP and Sierra Club to Urge Action on National Broadband Plan
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CWA, FCC, NAACP and Sierra Club to Urge Action on National Broadband Plan
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<http://gizmodo.com/5364343/fcc-wants-to-ban-internet-traffic-screening-anti+torrent-measures>
(Washington,
D.C.) – Today (Wednesday, December 15), the President of the Communications
Workers of America (CWA), the Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), the Director of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Washington Office and the Chair
Emeritus of the Sierra Club will discuss the current state of Internet
connection speeds in the United States.
New research from CWA’s Speed Matters Campaign ranking current
state-by-state Internet connection speeds will be released showing how
poorly the United States fairs against global peers – reaffirming the urgent
need to implement the National Broadband Plan to build infrastructure and
support affordable access to high-speed Internet across the nation. Also at
the event, CWA is releasing the fourth edition of the annual report for
their Speed Matters<http://cwafiles.org/speedmatters/State_Reports_2009/CWA_Report_on_Internet_Speeds_2009_iowa.pdf>campaign,
Internet
Speeds in all 50 States and it will include information on
Iowa<http://cwafiles.org/speedmatters/State_Reports_2009/CWA_Report_on_Internet_Speeds_2009_iowa.pdf>
.
In addition, the economic challenges facing rural communities with spotty
broadband coverage will be described.
WHEN: Today, Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 12:30 to 1:30 CST, National
Press Club, Washington, DC
This event will be streamed live online at
SpeedMatters.org<http://www.speedmatters.org/>
WHO:
Larry Cohen, President, CWA
Julius Genachowski, Chairman, FCC
Hilary Shelton, Director, Washington Office of the NAACP
Carl Pope, Board Chair Emeritus, the Sierra Club
Gilbert Smith, Vice Chair, Charles City/County Va. Board of
Supervisors
Click here to see how Iowa compares on average download speed.
Click here<http://cwafiles.org/speedmatters/State_Reports_2009/CWA_Report_on_Internet_Speeds_2009_iowa.pdf>to
download the fact sheet on
Iowa
Click here<http://gizmodo.com/5364343/fcc-wants-to-ban-internet-traffic-screening-anti+torrent-measures>to
read prepared remarks of Chairman Julius Genachowski at The Brookings
Institution Washington, DC, September 21, 2009, where he said he wants to
prohibit any kind of discrimination against any kind of content by internet
access providers.
The Communications Workers of America represents more than 700,000 workers
employed in telecommunications, the media, public sector, manufacturing,
health care and airlines.
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Lest we forget how bad things can be when Republicans are in charge for too
long, here's Bush appointee, former FCC Chair Kevin Martin in the
photo literally
in bed with<http://www.stopbigmedia.com/blog/2006/07/10/kevin-martin-get-in-bed-with-the-public/>a
media exec. and an industry lobbyist. BFIA posted this photo on
January
14, 2009, six days before the inauguration of our current President, Barack
Obama.
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