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A Public Interest Internet Agenda
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Executive Summary
Connecting our entire nation via high-speed broadband will bring remarkable economic, social, cultural, personal, and other benefits. Robust economic development, job creation, improved health care at lower costs, enhanced educational opportunities, increased homeland security and public safety, reduced energy consumption and pollution, a reinvigorated democracy and more open government – these are just a few of the benefits that will flow from our nation linking its entire population to the Internet at broadband speed. Recognizing these benefits, many of America’s global competitors have already embarked on aggressive national broadband strategies to deploy fast, high-quality broadband. But the quality of U.S. broadband access is lagging. According to the most recent statistics (December 2008) available from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United States ranks just 15th among developed nations in broadband penetration.
San Antonio, TX- Advocates in Texas Ask Congress to Be “Digital Inclusion Champions” Broadband Access and Open Internet Rules At Stake
February 15, 2010 - As the Federal Communication Commission moves closer to unveiling a long awaited National Broadband Plan, local advocates and community leaders of the national Media Action Grassroots Network (MAG-Net) are asking Congressional representatives to protect the principles of an open internet at the same time that it dismantles significant barriers to broadband adoption in un-served and underserved communities.
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Join local social justice organizations, tech entrepreneurs and media makers for pizza and discussion. Find out about San Antonio’s local-to-national digital justice campaign with 10 partnering cities and discover what net neutrality and universal broadband mean for your community.
WHO: The Media Justice League and San Antonio’s Digital Justice Coalition
WHAT: Community pizza party, and open forum on digital inclusion
WHERE: 108 King William, San Antonio, Texas
WHEN: Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Who cares about digital inclusion?
It’s net neutrality and universal broadband pledge week and, in all honesty, it’s been like pulling teeth. Even local allies we collaborate with on a regular basis give slow, reluctant answers to our requests to sign, or (even better) let us fill it out with their agreement. I can’t help but wonder why.
Most often, the reason for reluctance falls into the categories of “why me?” or “I don’t see how this relates to my work.” So, since it’s not as clear as I genuinely thought, I’m outlining the main points of the pledge and how they relate to EVERYONE in South Texas and, well, everywhere.
Give Every Voice a Fighting Chance, Become a Digital Inclusion Champion!
1. Click on the banner above
2. Download the pledge in English/Spanish
3. Email your completed form to oshen@centerformediajustice.org
If you’re a devoted PC user click on the MAG-Net Logo below to use our online form
<—FOR PC USERS
