New group makes broadband a national priority


	New group makes broadband a national priority

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6-25-2008 12:01 AM

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The group, which calls itself InternetforEveryone.org, officially launched at <A href="http://www.freepress.net/event/803" linkindex="5">Free Press' Personal Democracy Forum</A> here. The main purpose of the new initiative is to help organize public support for a national broadband policy.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9976522-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.cnet.com/img/0BEFBA34-30CE-4886-8E26-3F472D74378A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9976522-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5"><P>Prominent figures in the tech world, including Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf, as well as law professors Larry Lessig of Stanford and Tim Wu of Columbia were on hand with Brad Burnham of the venture capital firm Union Square Ventures and Robin Chase, founder of Zipcar, to join Adelstein in becoming members of the group. 
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