Group Urges Congress to Move Forward on Broadband Mapping

July 14, 2008 By News Report

The Communications Workers of America (CSA) is calling on House and Senate leaders to support legislation to improve data collection about current broadband deployment, make resources available to states to move forward on determining where gaps in broadband coverage exist, and create public-private partnerships to expand broadband deployment and adoption.

In this effort, CWA has been joined by a broad-based alliance of health care, education, farm and public interest groups, telecommunications and cable companies, and trade associations in urging Congress to act now and move toward a needed national policy of broadband deployment.

The leading bills now before Congress -- S. 1492, the Broadband Data Improvement Act and H.R. 3919, the Broadband Census of America Act -- provide a critical first step to developing a national broadband policy, said the CWA in a release.

CWA President Larry Cohen stressed that "if our nation is going to realize the economic gains of the Internet Age and ensure that a 21st century Internet is available for all, we need better data to help us get there. These bills now before Congress will greatly improve the quality of that information and will move us another step closer to bringing high-speed Internet access to every American."

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