The US Broadband Coalition is a large and diverse coalition of entities that seeks to develop consensus on as many of the components of a national broadband plan as possible. On December 8, 2008, at an event on Capitol Hill, the Coalition issued an unprecedented Call to Action to President-elect Barak Obama and Congress to develop a comprehensive national broadband plan. The Call to Action included a framework for such a plan as well as a commitment by the members of the Coalition to continue to work together to explore the relevant issues in detail. For this purpose, the Coalition formed six working groups: Needs and Opportunities, Goals, Metrics, Availability, Adoption and Use, and Implementation.
Category: US Broadband Coalition
Members of the US Broadband Coalition
Comprehensive list of members belonging to the US Broadband Coalition.
US Broadband Coalition Adoption and Use Report
A REPORT OF THE ADOPTION AND USE WORKING GROUP
US BROADBAND COALITION
Policy Options to the Federal Communications Commission
US Broadband Coalition Report on a National Broadband Strategy
The accompanying report of the US Broadband Coalition culminates eighteen months of intensive effort to develop a comprehensive national broadband strategy that would be worthy of our great nation.
Jim Baller Interview on C-Span’s “The Communicators”
James Baller, founder of the US Broadband coalition, discusses efforts to lobby Congress and the Administration of President-elect Barack Obama for a National Broadband Strategy. Anne Veigel of Communications Daily, is co-host. Program from Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008.
Video of Call to Action event on Capitol Hill
In an unprecedented display of consensus, a broad and diverse array of groups concerned about America’s broadband future will release a Call to Action that provides President-elect Obama and the incoming Congress a policy framework for a comprehensive national broadband strategy.
Call to Action Statement
On December 8, 2008, the US Broadband Coalition presented the following Call to Action to President-elect Barak Obama and Congress at an event on Capitol Hill.