The Communications Workers of America (CSA) is calling on House and Senate leaders to support legislation to improve data collection about current broadband deployment, make resources available to states to move forward on determining where gaps in broadband coverage exist, and create public-private partnerships to expand broadband deployment and adoption.
In this effort, CWA has been joined by a broad-based alliance of health care, education, farm and public interest groups, telecommunications and cable companies, and trade associations in urging Congress to act now and move toward a needed national policy of broadband deployment.
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