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One Nation Online?

Stevie Converse — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:26:37 -0800

FCC Tosses Technical Objections to National Wireless Broadband Plan

Stevie Converse — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:02:29 -0700

Principles for Sound Internet Policy: Internet for Everyone

Stevie Converse — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:29:26 -0700

A War for Control of the Internet

Stevie Converse — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:12:27 -0700

NATOA Announces Adoption of Broadband Principles Partnership Initiatives and Actions

Stevie Converse — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:40:00 -0700

Trade Group Calls for Net Neutrality, High-Capacity Networks

Stevie Converse — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:30:56 -0700

Looking at the Future of 'E-Politics'

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:37:26 -0700

To listen to the segment, click here.

Blogs, online commentators and viral videos have shaped the debate in the current election season. But "e-politics" still faces at least one major obstacle: Internet access.

Free Press Launches Promising Internet for Everyone Initiative

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:14:17 -0700

Internet for Everyone? Sounds good to us.

That's the name of a new campaign launched by Free Press that hopes to draw attention to the widening digital divide and support efforts to close it.

As Free Press Executive Director Josh Silver said,

Casting a Wider Net

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:10:14 -0700

Several leading lights of the Internet world believe that access to broadband is a civil right, like water, roads and sewage treatment, and have renewed their call for making such access a national priority. To further their goal, they have introduced a Web site, internetforeveryone.org.

Initiative Group Lobbies for Prioritizing Broadband Access

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:50:03 -0700

A national initiative group, formed of various entrepreneurs, organizations and venture capitalists, together with FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, lobbied on Tuesday for making broadband access a national priority in the U.S.

InternetforEveryone Pushing for Total Broadband Coverage

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:46:39 -0700

Google vice president and influential Internet co-founder Vincent “Vint” Cerf has this week added his notable voice to a coalition calling for the U.S. government to expand the country’s broadband Internet coverage so that complete nationwide access becomes a reality.

Broad Coalition Backs Universal Broadband

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:25:34 -0700

A broad coalition of Internet business leaders, online gurus, community organizers and advocates across the political spectrum launched a campaign Tuesday with the lofty goal of universal high-speed Internet service.

Vint Cerf Speaks from the Personal Democracy Forum

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:18:01 -0700

Internet evangelist Vint Cerf speaks from the Personal Democracy Forum about the need for affordable, high-speed broadband across America. (Video 4:02)

To watch the video, click here.

New Group Makes Broadband a National Priority

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:56:13 -0700

Federal Communications Commission commissioner Jonathan Adelstein joined tech policy pundits, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists Tuesday to launch a new initiative aimed at making broadband a priority in the U.S.

Internet for Everyone Campaign Aims to Bridge Digital Divide

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:22:28 -0700

An all-star panel of Internet academics, activists, and entrepreneurs gathered at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York today to launch Internet for Everyone, a campaign calling for a national broadband policy to bridge the "digital divide." The group—the members on hand today included such luminaries as Vint Cerf, Lawrence Lessig, Jonathan Zittrain, and Tim Wu—is urging political action to

Lamenting the High Cost of Broadband

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:13:58 -0700

Is bandwidth similar to oil? Yes, in one important respect, says Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law.

“Production is controlled by a tiny cartel that sets prices high and keeps them there,” Wu said today at a press conference about broadband access at the Personal Democracy Forum.

The Future Is Broadband, not Facebook

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:59:40 -0700

I asked Larry Lessig to name the most overlooked tech policy issue facing America, and he said it's the management of the broadband spectrum.

Adelstein, Cerf Advocate Broadband Access as a Fundamental Right

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:26:48 -0700

Google Chief Technology Evangelist Vint Cerf, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, and other technology and academic luminaries were on hand today to help launch InternetforEveryone.org, a new initiative spearheaded by the Free Press advocacy group to make broadband more accessible.

FCC Member, Lessig Unveil U.S. Broadband Initiative

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:11:53 -0700

U.S. Federal Communications Commission member Jonathan Adelstein and several high-profile technology executives and industry advocates on Tuesday launched an initiative to make broadband access a national priority in the U.S.

Announcing the 'Internet for Everyone' Campaign

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:48:30 -0700

Today Google joined a national initiative of public interest, civic and industry groups to help launch the Internet for Everyone campaign, whose goal is to make ubiquitous and open broadband access for every American a priority in the next administration.