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Pilot Program to Bring High-Speed Internet to Rural Vermont

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:57:43 -0400

Full article: Burlington Free Press
John Briggs
The East Central Vermont Community Fiber Network said that with financing for the entire 22-town telecom network "well under way," it will build a pilot fiber-to-the-home project with Royalton, Vt. as its hub.

Comcast Expands Buildout into Unserved Vermont

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:06:00 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
Vermont is one of the country's less broadband-wired states, with Verizon leaving much of the state un-upgraded due to the cost of deployment. In a bit of good news for Vermont residents without broadband, Comcast announced they've completed a 300 mile expansion into Vermont that should bring service to 6,000 more people.

Democracy Fest

Jordan Berg — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:42:01 -0400

Start: 07/17/2009 - 15:31

End: 07/19/2009 - 15:31

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Free Press is proud to announce that we are sponsoring this year's DemocracyFest; which features trainings, speakers and entertainment; teaching people how to make a difference and have fun doing it! The 6th Annual DemocracyFest will be held July 17th-19th at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, VT! More information about the event can be found here: http://www.DemocracyFest.net

Comcast Polling on Support for Public Access TV

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:38:49 -0400

Full article: Seven Days
Shay Totten
The ongoing turf war battle between national telecom giant Comcast and Vermont's community access television stations is heating up again. Comcast has been polling Vermonters around the state in an effort to gauge if they watch community-access programming.

Truth in Broadcastimg

Peter Moss — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:57:00 -0400

Dear Senator Leahy: please introduce a Truth in Broadcasting bill, proposed below:

Support of Affordable High Speed Internet for America and Internet Neutrality

ProgRock — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:24:00 -0400

Democrats,

On July 15th, 2007 the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party passed the following resolution in favor of Net Neutrality and affordable high speed Internet for America.

The adoption of this resolution was made possible by the unprecedented cooperation of both the Labor Caucus and the Progressive Caucus of the CDP. Working together over the months following the CDP convention in San Diego, representatives of both caucuses, led by Jim Gordon, chair of the Labor Caucus and Brad Parker, officer of the Progressive Caucus, were able to craft a resolution that addressed the concerns of both groups and Americans as a whole. Once again, after 100 years of organizing and political activism, Progressives and Union members have found common cause. Our hope is that this resolution will become a blueprint for legislation across the country that preserves Internet integrity with open, equal and impartial access and Net Neutrality. Further, that the build out of high speed Internet be undertaken as a public utility maintained by union members bringing affordable broadband Internet access to all Americans.

No issue of public governance is more critical at this time in our history than the immediate need for every level of government to pass and enforce legislation to embody the principles of this resolution. Therefore, we call upon every Democrat in America to send this resolution to every elected official across the nation and to insist that Net Neutrality and affordable high speed Internet become the law of the land.