Who We Are

Speed Matters promotes affordable high-speed Internet for all Americans. Working with our partners and allies we advocate for programs and policies that build affordable, universal high-speed broadband investment.

Speed Matters is a project of the Communications Workers of America. CWA is the union for the Information Age, representing 700,000 workers in communications, media, airlines, manufacturing, and public service.

Universality Speed Open Protection

Universal Broadband

Just as government policies helped bring affordable telephone service to everyone, our policies should ensure that every individual, family, business, and community has access to and can use high-speed Internet at a price they can afford – regardless of their income or geographic location.

High Speed

Speed matters on the Internet. U.S policies should promote higher Internet speeds and higher capacity networks. The U.S. should adopt policies to get us to 10 megabits per second downstream, 1 megabit per second upstream by 2010, with new benchmarks for succeeding years.

Open Internet

To protect free speech we must build high-capacity networks to ensure that all Americans have fast, open access to content on the Internet. There should be no degradation of service or censoring of any lawful content. Reasonable network management is necessary to preserve an effective and open Internet.

Consumer Protections and Good Jobs

Public policies should include consumer and worker protections, should support the growth of good, career jobs, and require the public reporting of deployment, actual speed, price, and service.

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Senators air concerns over proposed NBC Universal - Comcast merger

By Speedmatters Blog Team on Mar 15, 2010

Senate lawmakers recently pressed both the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice on the proposed merger between NBC Universal and cable television giant Comcast. Read More »

An International Look at High-Speed Broadband Growth

By Speedmatters Blog Team on Mar 15, 2010

Private industry financing of broadband must increase in order to meet the United State's aggressive broadband adoption and deployment goals, according to a new Brookings Institution study. The FCC has estimated that it will require $350 billion to provide universal broadband coverage in the U.S. Read More »

Organizations Laud FCC’s Broadband Recommendations

By Speedmatters Blog Team on Mar 15, 2010

More than thirty organizations - including One Economy, Zero Divide, the National Urban League and the Communications Workers of America - have signed a letter in support of the FCC's Internet recommendations ahead of the National Broadband Plan's release. Read More »

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