Broadband Access for Disabled Bill May Pass in 2010
3 06 2010Folks..
Check this link out…
Quotable quote:
"Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) announced that a piece of legislation guaranteeing broadband Internet access for disabled Americans will hopefully become law in 2010."
Read the blog and then let your state Congress persons know that you want this bill to be passed. Below is the link to where you can find out who your congress folks are and how to contact them.
eyes open & thumbs up,
Ed
Long LInk:
Access Bill: http://www.speedmatters.org/blog/archive/kerry-legislation-ensuring-broadband-access-for-disabled-may-pass-in-2/
Contact: http://contactingthecongress.org/
Why do we need a law guaranteeing broadband access to people with disabilities? Don’t we all have the same access to broadband?
Ed, thanks for posting this one.
RLM
Thanks for posting this – among many other things! I’ve written both my Senators asking them to support S.3304.
Just another waste of our tax payers money. Another useless senator attempting to get peoples votes. We all have the same access as long as we pay for it. THanks for posting this Ed. JUst keep those politicians informed.
Observer,
Good point you make; however, I support it simply because we GOTTA keep hammering to the politicians that persons with disabilities have equal rights as “normal” hearing and able-bodied persons. Historically, politicians have a very SHORT memory ;-] If we don’t remind them consistently, they’ll downsize us to second or even third class citizen with “token” rights.
eyes open & thumbs up…
My comment is the current actions of NECA and the FCC regarding reductions in payments seems to indicate that the funds for these services has been misused. The excuse that fraud has caused the revamping of prices and potential loss of vital services is an excuse to cover the fact the government has spent the money allocated for these critical services elsewhere. The broadband to rural areas programs are great as long as the hearing impaired are able to maintain at least the current level of service they currently receive. Non of the new programs take into concideration the pending mass migration of deaf users to truly mobile connection systems. Within the next 12 months many of the service providers will begin offering mobile programs. This will probably have the same affect to traditional wire line service as mobile phones have had to land lines. Where are the funds for the increased usage going to come from?
Good News! Hope it will go staight to Obama to SIGN without any problem!
Does this mean our broadband bills would be free?
If so, sign me up! Heck, the auto, banking, and housing industries got bail outs…where’s mine?
This bill, the Equal Access to 21st Century Communications (S. 3304) is the “sister” to the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (H.R. 3101).
S. 3304 will require increased access to Internet communication products and services (such as access to text communication by people who are blind). The bill also requires devices (any size) that show TV programs to be able to display closed captions and requires TV programs distributed on the Internet to be captioned. Lots of other good stuff, like telecommunications equipment for people who are deaf-blind. For more information, please see http://www.nad.org/news/2010/5/nad-testifies-support-s-3304-us-senate-hearing and the letter at http://www.coataccess.org/node/8499.
Thanks for your support, Ed.
I agree Ed. Thanks for all you do! : )