Jon Bartholomew, consumer advocate at Oregon State PIRG (OSPIRG), has an op-ed Support broadband access here, across U.S. in the Statesman-Journal. In his op-ed, he promotes the goals of the PIRG-backed Media and Democracy's campaign's Public Interest Internet Agenda. Last week, U.S. PIRG advocate Amina Fazlullah was a featured panelist for the coalition at DC's One Web Day event in the U.S. House of Representatives. From Jon's op-ed:

Connecting our entire nation to the Internet at broadband speed is the key to economic development, improved health care and education, energy efficiency and a robust democracy and open government. A Public Interest Internet Agenda contains 34 specific policy recommendations that represent the common ground that exists among these varied constituencies, and this common ground is what the government must build upon to formulate a strategy to deliver universal access to broadband.