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CWA: FCC's Call to Clarify Broadband Issues Will Move Build-out Forward
WASHINGTON --(Business Wire)--
The Federal Communications Commission has productively pushed for a
resolution of the confused "net neutrality" debate which has stalled our
national build out and caused the digital divide to deepen. The United
States must catch up with the rest of the world in terms of broadband
build-out and access to 21st century communications.
The FCC's (News - Alert) processes and actions have brought majority support for its
open Internet or net neutrality principles: free speech, no blocking, no
discrimination and transparency. The Communications Workers of America
and other organizations in the progressive community including National
civil rights, environmental and Labor groups have called for legislation
to implement these principles and make Universal Service Funds avalable
for build-out. We reiterate that call now.
As part of its rulemaking process, the FCC is seeking data and input in
several key areas, to better define and clarify unreasonable
discrimination, managed services and elements of mobile/wireless
networks.
CWA (News - Alert) supports efforts which encourage building out the high speed
networks that our economy and millions of Americans need. However, we
believe the U.S. Congress should move forward where this is a broad
consensus on rules of the road for the wireline Internet while
continuing to clarify the record on emerging issues.
The communications network in the United States is far behind that of
the rest of the world. That's why we support targeted legislation to
enshrine the FCC net neutrality/open Internet principles, speed up build
out and close the digital divide that affects Americans in poorer urban
areas and rural communities.
CWA has called for 1 gigabyte of broadband service for anchor
institutions - hospitals, schools and libraries -- in every community,
especially rural and poorer urban areas. That's the only way that
applications like medical monitoring and diagnosis, which have been used
so effectively around the world for more than a decade, can finally
benefit citizens in the United States.
Millions of Americans remain shut out of the benefits of the Internet
Age. We need action to build a true 21st century Internet.
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