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January 18, 2007

Toward A Universal Broadband Internet

Before the Free Press Media Reform conference in Memphis, we joined several other founding members of the Savetheinternet.com in signing the Internet Freedom Declaration of 2007: A Public Agenda for the Future of Communications. It expands our call for Internet freedom and net neutrality to include other goals, including a guarantee that

as the Internet becomes our public square and economic marketplace, Internet access must be regarded as a civil right for all Americans...Broadband Internet access should be universally available and affordable. Rural or urban, rich or poor, every American must be able to access the information superhighway at fair prices and speeds that rival the rest of the world.
Read it yourself here then, at the bottom of the page, click to join us as an individual or organizational signer.

Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at January 18, 2007 10:32 AM


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