Virginia

Virginia Gov. Kaine Embraces Investment in High-Speed Internet

Stevie Converse — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:39:51 -0700

Virginia Is for Broadband Lovers

Stevie Converse — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:22:06 -0700

"Let me tell you how I decided to come live on the rural frontier," starts Joan Minor. Minor is, improbably, the official blogger for Rose Hill, Va., a tiny mountain town tucked deep in Virginia's tobacco and coal-mining country, who came to live there because of the state's unique broadband policies.

Register Now! Claim Democracy Conference

Mary Alice Crim — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:27:00 -0700

If you live in the Washington D.C. area I’m hoping you’ll join us this November 9-11th for the 2007 Claim Democracy conference. The event marks the first time that campaign finance and election reform activists are joining ranks with media reformers to bring together these important movements.

Definitely Not Comcastic

Adam Lynn — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:25:00 -0700

In the latest example of why control over the Internet should not be left to the telephone and cable companies, the Associated Press (via here but with some original research) reports that Comcast has blocked its customers from using BitTorrent technology (If this upsets you don’t look here).

Support of Affordable High Speed Internet for America and Internet Neutrality

ProgRock — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:24:00 -0700

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.