PROVIDERS UNITE TO PROVIDE LEGISLATORS INFORMATION ON BROADBAND

摘要

A new coalition of nearly 100 broadband providers, content providers and others ? Broadband for America ? aims to provide lawmakers information on high-speed access. The group plans to highlight barriers to deployment and adoption and provide technical information about running broadband networks, a spokesman said. Members include CTIA, USTelecom, NCTA, Telecommunications Industry Association and the largest telephone and cable companies, among others. Some members are contributing to the group financially and others with labor, said spokesman Phil Singer. Elaine Karmarck, a Harvard University lecturer advising the group on policy, said she will stress how broadband relates to matters such as education, health care and poverty.