Tuesday, Nov. 4 we elect a new president. That's nice, but more importantly, the FCC will be voting on whether or not to open up analog airwaves (called "white space") that can be used to broadcast high speed Internet to low-income and rural areas.
We’re in a fight with the powerful lobbyists at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), who are trying to scare Washington with horror stories about "white spaces" -- vacant TV channels that can be used to bring high-speed Internet to rural and low-income Americans across the country.
The NAB’s hired guns have bombarded policy makers with false claims in a desperate, last-ditch attempt to hoard these airwaves and to disrupt a critical FCC vote taking place in just five days.
Here are the facts:
- If we open white spaces now, we can bring the social and economic benefits of a fast Internet connection to tens of millions of Americans now on the wrong side of the digital divide.
- FCC engineers have tested white spaces devices and determined that the technology can deliver high-speed wireless Internet, without interfering with adjacent TV broadcasts.
- The NAB and Big Media are doing everything in their power to close off access to white spaces because they fear competition from new innovators and losing control of the public airwaves.
We want to show them that the so-called "netroots" cares enough about this issue to take action. You can help by signing your name, and the name of your blog, to a letter we’d like to send to the FCC.
Sign the Blogger Letter to the FCC
Take just one minute to sign this letter. Free Press will deliver it to the FCC and make sure that the concerns of bloggers are heard.
Even if you don't have a blog, you can still help.
Go here to send a letter to your Senators & Representative
With your support today, we'll expose Big Media's fear-mongering and make certain that white spaces are used to make fast, affordable Internet service a reality for everyone.
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