Posts tagged: Infrastructure
Change or Cha-Ching
Change has come to America. Well, sort of.
On "K" Street - home to Washington's most powerful corporate lobbyists - it's business as usual.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the scrum of lobbyists gathering around President Obama's economic stimulus package.
Obama's Democracy Stimulus
President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday delivered his first major speech of the new year, pledging to "put the American Dream within reach of the American people."
A core component of Obama's economic recovery plan is "expanding broadband lines across America" to give everyone the chance to get online.
Access Is Our Civil Right
Like many people in the working class black neighborhood of West Oakland, CA where I live, I use the internet to search for information, check the news, pay bills, manage services, find entertainment and cultural events, and connect with friends and family. But unlike many of my neighbors I have wireless internet access that works at high speeds and costs almost $50.00 a month.
Our Digital Renaissance
Today, we are undoubtedly in a renaissance period, powered by the open, affordable, and accessible Internet. Almost anyone with a computer or cell phone can participate in a worldwide conversation, turning their web site or blog into an interactive television network with immediate, borderless reach.
We all rely on open infrastructure to achieve our personal and communal goals.
As Goes Broadband, So Goes the Country
On January 20, 2009, things will start getting a lot better for the Internet.
Why Spectrum Matters for Native Americans
In a modern society, it is difficult to comprehend life anymore without access to spectrum based opportunities. Broadband has changed that.
Broadband Access for the Next Generation!
Through any media, broadband access represents the future common means of sharing ideas and organizing people to act, regardless of frontiers.
Now is the time for local communities to advance broadband media access in the spirit of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinion
Healthy Internet
The Internet can have a profound impact on the health of large numbers of people and can change the lives of patients that physicians see every day. As a physician for over three decades, one thing has become clear to me – that more and more people do not get the support they need to be healthy.
Helping the Most Vulnerable
World-class broadband service is not a luxury -- not for doctors and patients who rely on it to send life-altering medical information, not for the disabled who rely on it as a communications lifeline and not for the public safety officials who rely on it to keep our streets safe.
Libraries: Connecting the ‘Have Nots’
The work of InternetforEveryone.org in promoting widespread broadband infrastructure development is essential to support public access to information in our rapidly changing world. Internet users want to communicate, learn, consume, and create online.
