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    <title>Speedmatters Blog</title>
    <link>http://speedmatters.org.org/</link>
    <description>The latest posts from Speedmatters</description>
    <dc:language>English</dc:language>
    <dc:creator>speedmatters@cwa-union.org</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2009</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2009-11-06T20:11:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ITIF: Gov&#x2019;t must get involved to promote broadband adoption</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new report by Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) president Robert Atkinson urges policymakers to take steps to increase broadband adoption. The report points out that while 92 to 94 percent of Americans can subscribe to broadband, only approximately 65 percent have done so.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Digital Divide, FCC</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-06T20:11:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Report: A minority of US homes will have high-performance broadband in 2015</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/o9Wjm_drfho/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Fiber-to-the-Home Council released a report that evaluated the nation’s current and future broadband capabilities and the benefits of maintaining networks to meet those future needs. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, High Speed, Universality, Consumer Protections and Good Jobs, Broadband Data, Federal Legislation, Research Reports</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-04T21:42:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Connecting libraries is crucial - and possible</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/arOf5T3dgUQ/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Speed Matters partner Connected Nation conducted scientific surveys of library Internet users during much of 2009. Disproportionately, single parents, minorities, low-income residents, and adults with disabilities rely on the public library as their primary Internet portal.  Library Internet users are more likely to search for jobs online, communicate with government officials, engage in local and community events, and access healthcare information.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Education and Training, Digital Divide, FCC, Libraries</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-03T18:53:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>CWA and IBEW caution Congress on Verizon-Frontier Deal</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/c9z04Rnmy4A/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/archive/cwa-and-ibew-caution-congress-on-verizon-frontier-deal/#When:21:38:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last month, Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers President Ed Hill sent a letter to Congress to raise awareness of a tax loophole being used in the Verizon-Frontier Deal. The obscure corporate loophole - known as the "Reverse Morris Trust" was used in a similar deal that Verizon made with FairPoint Communications in 2007. The New England based company recently filed for bankruptcy after months of legal problems and complaints of poor customer service. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Ohio, West Virginia, Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, High Speed, Consumer Protections and Good Jobs</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-02T21:38:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Broadband Affordability Act provides opportunity</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/2w7a1f1AAkc/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Representative Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) has introduced the Broadband Affordability Act (H.R. 3646) in Congress.  The Act is being considered by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. This bill would create a program to help low-income Americans in rural and urban areas subscribe to broadband, providing an essential link to educational, health, and job opportunities -- and much more.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2009-11-02T18:12:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>FairPoint files for Chapter 11 - a sign of things to come?</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/TUIe2QdoFLY/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/archive/fairpoint-files-for-chapter-11-a-sign-of-things-to-come/#When:21:25:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[FairPoint, the company that acquired Verizon's land lines in New England in 2008, filed for bankruptcy on October 26. This news comes as Verizon is seeking approval to sell 4.8 million landlines to Frontier Communications in 14 states.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, Vermont, West Virginia, Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Consumer Protections and Good Jobs, FCC</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-30T21:25:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Broadband and telemedicine can save lives</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/_g5sF0gkGA4/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[USDA Rural Development and Cooperstown-based Bassett Healthcare joined forces to demonstrate the life saving capabilities of broadband and medical technologies, on Oct. 27. The event celebrated USDA's 60th Anniversary of its Telecommunications Program.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>New York, Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Health Care, Rural Communities, High Speed</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-30T20:36:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Announcement of first round broadband funding awards delayed</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/Gp8AMWeM7Os/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The announcement of the winning applicants for the first round of broadband stimulus funds has been pushed back to December.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>High Speed, Open Internet, Broadband Data, Digital Divide, FCC, Federal Legislation</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-28T19:56:28+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>{bog_author}</dc:creator>
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      <title>Report to FCC details barriers to broadband adoption</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/L3tx5Rzp7JY/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[New York Law School's Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute (ACLP) released a report to the FCC explaining the barriers to widespread broadband adoption among six focus areas: senior citizens, people with disabilities, telemedicine, energy, education and government.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Digital Divide, FCC</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-28T15:38:03+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>{bog_author}</dc:creator>
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      <title>Who will get broadband stimulus funds?</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/W8t95-N3FSE/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/archive/who-will-get-broadband-stimulus-funds/#When:16:03:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[With $7.2 billion in broadband funds from the stimulus, and over 2,200 applicants requesting over $28 billion, the question remains: to whom will the funding be awarded?]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Rural Communities, Universality, FCC</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-26T16:03:11+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>{bog_author}</dc:creator>
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      <title>Verizon-Frontier lobby day in West Virginia has strong impact</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/rAVXyCXkxUg/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[On October 14, members of the Communications Workers of America and community supporters flooded Charleston to talk to their state representatives. The topic: the proposed sale of Verizon’s landlines to Frontier Communications, and its impact on West Virginia’s economic development. About 75 CWA members who work for Verizon or Frontier participated. Union members asked their state representatives to write to the Public Service Commission (PSC) to oppose the sale.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2009-10-19T21:05:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Broadband Opportunity Coalition letter calls for balanced regulation</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/RB0FkoBAMrA/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to the FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, members of the Broadband Opportunity Coalition (BBOC) - a group that includes the Urban League, the League of United Latin American Citizens, The Asian American Justice Center, and National Council of La Raza - urged the FCC to make sure that proposed net neutrality regulations are consistent with efforts to bridge the digital divide.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Universality, Digital Divide, FCC</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-19T16:12:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>$10 Billion could provide fiber to all all US Schools, hospitals</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/vga22jNO55E/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation estimates that an investment of $10 billion could run fiber to nearly every community across the country. The ambitious expansion of broadband infrastructure to over 123,000 "anchor institutions" - public schools, hospitals, community colleges, libraries - would also make it easier to provide Internet access to nearby homes and businesses:.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>High Speed, Digital Divide, FCC</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-19T16:04:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Communications Workers of America Urges FCC to Ensure Open Internet Rulemaking Supports Job Creation</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/p9VFYB5RWyY/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/archive/cwa-urges-fcc-to-ensure-open-internet-supports-job-creation/#When:18:18:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Communications Workers of America (CWA) called on the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that its upcoming rulemaking on policies to preserve a free and open Internet put investment and job creation front and center.

CWA and Speed Matters have long contended that the FCC is the appropriate place to address this issue. The process should lead to "reasoned discussion among all stakeholders about the technical requirements of network management and the economics of broadband build-out to ensure continued private sector investment in advanced high-speed Internet networks while protecting an open Internet," CWA President Larry Cohen said in a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2009-10-16T18:18:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Advances in telemedicine accelerate</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/VtWaiMDX8jQ/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the help of high-resolution video and fast broadband connections, advances in telemedicine are coming rapidly. The use of broadband technology in health care is becoming more widespread everyday.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Maine, Ohio, Enabling People With Disabilities, Rural Communities</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-15T21:59:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Finland sets international broadband standard</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/fwySuTtf9_Y/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Finnish government passed legislation that guarantees every person in the country will have the right to broadband access, starting in July 2010.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>High Speed, Open Internet, Universality, International Competition</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-15T15:38:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Free Press supports FCC in case against Comcast throttling</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/xZ8ZNOXhZm8/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/archive/free-press-supports-fcc-in-case-against-comcast-throttling/#When:20:40:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Free Press and five other organizations filed a legal brief in support of an FCC ruling against Comcast's illegal throttling of online content.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Open Internet, FCC</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-14T20:40:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>In Texas, connecting public libraries a priority</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/_XNIELdx_4Q/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two hundred library leaders, community activists, and broadband providers gathered in San Antonio on October 8 for the Texas Opportunity Online Broadband Summit, sponsored by Speed Matters partner Connected Nation. Attendees discussed how technology, policy, and community partnerships can improve broadband access to Texas' public libraries.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Texas, E-Government &amp; Civic Participation, Universality, Libraries</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-14T16:03:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Rural Tennessee church connected by Computers 4 Kids</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/8ZI4UuBLl5E/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/archive/rural-tennessee-church-connected-by-computers-4-kids/#When:15:36:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Students attending the Saint John Baptist Church After-School program were in for quite a surprise recently when twenty new computers were delivered to the church. Donated by Speed Matters partner Connected Tennessee, the computers transformed the church into a hub of connectivity in a Western Tennessee community that previously had limited access to broadband.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Tennessee, Education and Training, Rural Communities, Universality, Digital Divide</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-09T15:36:02+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>{bog_author}</dc:creator>
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      <title>Verizon-Frontier spin-off faces more roadblocks</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/_4y3dBKudRI/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/archive/verizon-frontier-spin-off-faces-more-roadblocks/#When:21:45:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Verizon's plan to sell off $8.6 billion worth of broadband assets to Frontier Communications has no shortage of opposition. The proposed merger spans across 14 states and is subject to approval by the FCC and 10 state utility commissions.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Ohio, Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Consumer Protections and Good Jobs, State Policies</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-08T21:45:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>First four NTIA state grants awarded</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/eYsAEYaGsek/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced on October 5th that it has awarded four state grants in California, Indiana, North Carolina, and Vermont for broadband mapping.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>California, Indiana, North Carolina, Vermont, Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Rural Communities, Universality, Consumer Protections and Good Jobs, Digital Divide, Private-Public Partnership</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-08T14:44:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>From fishing to real estate, rural businesses need broadband</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/r1ebfhBDUM8/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rural businesses need broadband access to compete - no matter what they're selling. In rural Minnesota, the tourism and real estate industries are finding themselves at a disadvantage in an increasingly web-based marketplace.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Minnesota, Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Rural Communities, High Speed, Consumer Protections and Good Jobs, Digital Divide</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-07T15:53:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>U.S. is fifteenth in broadband, new study shows</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/QRgppP4L9gY/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The United States is behind Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and eleven other countries in terms of broadband speed and latency, according to a new study from the University of Oxford.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>High Speed, International Competition, Research Reports</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-06T19:56:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Opposition to Verizon-Frontier deal is growing</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeedMattersBlog/~3/UIrJQRAsk9o/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The opposition to the proposed sale of 4.8 million Verizon landlines to Frontier Communications is growing. State utility advocates, consumer groups, state officials, and unions have all raised serious concerns about the deal.]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Ohio, West Virginia, Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Rural Communities, Consumer Protections and Good Jobs</dc:subject>
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      <title>Concerns remain over Verizon-Frontier deal</title>
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      <dc:subject>Ohio, Economic Growth &amp; Quality Jobs, Consumer Protections and Good Jobs</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-01T20:51:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <dc:subject>Maryland, Health Care, Consumer Protections and Good Jobs, FCC</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-29T18:35:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <dc:date>2009-09-29T15:15:48+00:00</dc:date>
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