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The United States — the country that invented the Internet — has fallen from 1st to 16th in high speed Internet penetration. To assure economic growth, we must reverse that trend.

CWA once again is battling plans by Verizon to abandon phone service in rural areas — this time in northern New England and the upper Midwest — to concentrate its investments in lower-cost, higher-profit cities and suburbs.

Citizens Communications has announced plans to acquire Commonwealth Telephone for $1.16 billion. The combined company will be the seventh largest local telephone exchange company with operations in 23 states.

One of the key initiatives in CWA's Ready for the Future program is the creation of a volunteer "Stewards Army" of rank-and-file activists to mobilize for positive change, both within our industries and in American society.