CWA Joins Alliance to Promote Full High Speed Internet Access

CWA has joined the Alliance for Digital Equality and will work with other members of the coalition to expand access to true high speed Internet networks for underserved consumers in urban communities across the nation.

CWA joins AT&T, Black Entertainment Television, Coca Cola, Northrop Grumman and other organizations committed to bridging the digital divide that now blocks millions of Americans from the full potential of high-speed broadband.

As part of the Speed Matters campaign, CWA has been spotlighting the lack of real high speed Internet access for residents of rural and small communities, where applications such as tele-medicine and job creation are critically needed.

Joining forces with ADE is an important complement to CWA's efforts to bring real high speed Internet access to all.

ADE, with the support of the Congressional Black Caucus, has brought together elected officials, consumers and the business community in five cities so far – Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, Houston and Charleston, S.C. -- establishing Digital Empowerment Councils that focus on ways to close the digital gap in urban areas. ADE plans to launch councils in another 17 cities in 2009.