The Internet has been a game-changing, enabling tool for all industries, which is why keeping the Internet free for competition and innovation has helped companies emerge and grow into successful enterprises, no matter where they are based. Aside from net neutrality protections, policymakers also need to focus on helping nearly 19 million Americans who live in areas unserved by high-speed broadband Internet providers. Connecting more Americans to broadband, both wired and wireless, is critical to growing our entrepreneurial economy.

Making the Startup Ecosystem More Equitable

Connectivity Primer for Startups

Connectivity Primer for Policymakers
A federal program to boost broadband — a necessary component of startup founders and users ability to access the startup ecosystem — in states across the country is facing headwinds and delays as policymakers move the goalposts and risk making progress on closing the digital divide.
The fate of some of the largest broadband subsidy programs, key to bridging the digital divide for all consumers, including startups and their users, depends on the outcome of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) v. Consumers’ Research case before the Supreme Court.