The goal of the Speed Matters Campaign is to bring true high-speed internet access to all Americans.
- Speed and Universality Matter for Internet access.
High-tech innovation, job growth, telemedicine, distance learning, rural development, public safety, e-government require truly high-speed, universal networks.
- U.S. "high-speed" definition is too slow.
FCC defines "high-speed" as 200 kilobits per second (kbps) downstream. Government policies should immediately set "high-speed" definition at 2 megabits per second (mbps) downstream, 1 upstream.
- U.S. needs a national High-Speed Internet for All policy.
U.S. must adopt policies for universal access and set deployment timetables: 10 mbps down, 1 mbps up by 2010; with new benchmarks set for succeeding years.
- Open Internet.
High-speed, high-capacity networks will eliminate bandwidth scarcity and will promote an open Internet. Consumers are entitled to an open Internet allowing them to go where they want when they want. Nothing should be done to degrade or block access to any websites. Reserving proprietary video bandwidth is essential to finance the build-out of high-speed networks.
- Consumer and worker protections.
Public policies should support growth of good, career jobs as a key to providing quality service. Government should require public reporting of deployment, actual speed, and price.
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