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Because every American
should have access
to broadband Internet.

The Internet Innovation Alliance is a broad-based coalition of business and non-profit organizations that aim to ensure every American, regardless of race, income or geography, has access to the critical tool that is broadband Internet. The IIA seeks to promote public policies that support equal opportunity for universal broadband availability and adoption so that everyone, everywhere can seize the benefits of the Internet - from education to health care, employment to community building, civic engagement and beyond.

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As Washington Wakes Up to Broadband, Adoption and Availability Must Be Addressed

To paraphrase Mark Twain, for the past decade, there has been a lot of talk in Washington about broadband, but no one has done much about it. That changes today, as the Department of Commerce, the Department of Agriculture and the Federal Communications Commission will explain how the Obama administration intends to use the provisions of the stimulus bill to ensure that broadband technologies are available to, and affordable for, every American.

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Posted by IIA on 03/10 at 05:09 AM

The Conservative Case for Broadband

In the wake of November’s elections, following extensive growth in federal spending and compounded by the partial nationalization of our financial sector, many conservatives are in retreat. Fearing a new New Deal of liberal lawmaking, conservative stalwarts are girding for years in the policy wilderness. Yet all is not lost.

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Posted by Bruce on 01/29 at 10:39 AM

Wanted: A National Broadband Policy

The goal must be universal, high-speed Web access, and governments—both federal and state—have crucial roles to play ...

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Posted by IIA on 07/30 at 04:13 PM

Bring On The Exaflood! Broadband Needs a Boost

Electricity reached one-quarter of Americans 46 years after its introduction. Telephones took 35 years and televisions 26 years. Already, in just six years, broadband has reached 25 percent penetration, according to McKinsey & Co.

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Posted by IIA on 05/25 at 09:32 AM

The Coming Exaflood

Today there is much praise for YouTube, MySpace, blogs and all the other democratic digital technologies that are allowing you and me to transform media and commerce. But these infant Internet applications are at risk, thanks to the regulatory implications of “network neutrality.” Proponents of this concept—including Democratic Reps. John Dingell and John Conyers, and Sen. Daniel Inouye, who have ascended to key committee chairs—are obsessed with divvying up the existing network, but oblivious to the need to build more capacity.

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Posted by IIA on 02/26 at 05:33 PM