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- M2Z Broadband Challenge
- M2Z, in partnership with One Economy, launch a nationwide initiative called the "M2Z Broadband Challenge" - an innovative $10 million matching program designed to bridge the digital divide and make free broadband access available across the country. Download PDF
- M2Z Broadband Challenge Launch (Video: 2:54)
Community and civic leaders from Raleigh, Windsor, and Bertie County, North Carolina kick off the nationwide M2Z Broadband Challenge.
- M2Z CEO John Muleta Testifies Before Congress
Read John Muleta's prepared remarks before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
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- Local News Links
See what local newspapers and television stations are saying about M2Z:
08-23-2007 M2Z Press Release - Over 50,000 Americans Endorse M2Z's Free Nationwide Wireless Broadband Plan (Download)
08-16-2007 Wall Street Journal - Firm Seeks FCC Review of Free Internet-Service Plan
08-14-2007 M2Z Press Release - M2Z Networks to Seek Immediate Judicial Relief from D.C. Circuit Court in Light of FCC's Continuing Violation of Section 7 of the Communications Act (Download)
08-05-2007 Mercury News Op Ed by M2Z investors and board members Bruce Sachs, Geoff Yang and John Doerr - FCC decision encourages competition on the airwaves
07-30-2007 The Bolivar Commercial (Cleveland, Mississippi) - Internet service awaits approval to offer free wireless in state (Download)
07-20-2007 WLBT Channel 3 (Jackson, Mississippi) - Free Broadband Internet Proposed (Watch Video)
07-03-2007 The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah) - Will feds back free, no-porn Web plan?
06-05-2007 The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) - Free Web for Bertie?
06-03-2007 The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois) - Our Opinion: A chance to close the digital divide (Download)
04-23-2007 WLBT Channel 3 (Jackson, Miss) - Organization Wants to Offer Free Internet Access
- Poll Shows Strong Support for M2Z Networks' Free Broadband Proposal
- A recent nationwide showed strong, bipartisan support for M2Z Networks’ free wireless broadband proposal. Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed supported the FCC’s licensing of spectrum to provide free broadband across the country. Those surveyed were especially supportive of M2Z’s commitments to serve low-income Americans, children and to support our first responders. Download PDF
Studies
- Study Shows M2Z Networks' Plan to Save American Taxpayers $18 to 25 Billion
- Professor Simon Wilkie, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Center for Communication Law and Policy at the Annenberg Center at the University of Southern California conducted a study which concludes that benefits to the American taxpayer of M2Z Networks' wireless broadband service could total $18 to $25 billion. Download PDF
- The Value of M2Z Networks' Public Interest Commitments and the Cost of Delay to American Consumers
- Research conducted by Dr. Kostas Liopiros of the Sunfire Group shows that just a one-year of delay in approval of the M2Z networks application could cost the public more than $4.7 billion in lost benefits.
Download PDF - Clearing the Air: Convergence and the Safety Enterprise
- This report by Philip J. Weiser for The Aspen Institute recommends that public safety advocates embrace an integrated broadband infrastructure that utilizes technological innovations already used in commercial and military operations, particularly a wireless IP network. Download PDF
- Economists' Statement on U.S. Broadband Policy
- This statement, published by the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, declares that broadband Internet access has generated significant economic benefits, but certain regulations are slowing investment and deterring entry into the market. View Document Off-site
- What Really Matters in Spectrum Allocation Design
Thomas W. Hazlett and Robert E. Muñoz of the
View Document Off-site- Are We Really A Nation Online? Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Access to Technology and Their Consequences
According to research published by Dr. Robert W. Fairlie for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, the Digital Divide is large and does not appear to be disappearing soon. In particular, minorities are much less likely to have access to computers and the Internet at home than are white, non-Latinos.
Download PDF- Bandwidth for the People
This report from the
View Document Off-site- Rates of Computer and Internet Use by Children in Nursery School and Students in Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade: 2003.
The
Download PDF- First Informers in the Disaster Zone: The Lessons of Katrina
Based on a three-day conference of media and first responders, this report by Albert L. May for The Aspen Institute recommends broader wireless Internet access for disaster communications. A wireless network would be “more survivable” and would improve communications for journalists, government and the public.
Download PDF- The Failure of FCC Spectrum Auctions
- Gregory F. Rose and Mark Lloyd of the Center for American Progress argue that rather than creating robust markets and additional competition, FCC spectrum auctions serve neither the public interest nor realize the promised economic efficiencies and revenue maximization touted by their advocates. Download PDF
- New Inequality Frontier: Broadband Internet Access
- Research by Caroline J. Tolbert and Karen Mossberger for the Economic Policy Institute shows a consistent pattern of inequality in broadband access based on income, age, education, race/ethnicity, gender, region, Internet use at work and urban/rural place of residence. Download PDF
- M2Z Networks White Paper
- This paper examines how M2Z Networks' proposed nationwide commercial wireless IP network could be a resilient, durable and dynamic component to the communication system when disaster strikes. Download PDF
- By the Numbers
- This fact sheet shows that in terms of international and national measures, the numbers prove that America's status as a world leader in innovation is slipping. Download PDF
- Mission Statement
- In its mission statement, the Coalition for Free Broadband Now outlines its believe that to remain competitive America must focus on delivering 21st century broadband Internet services to all Americans.
Download PDF - What Our Leaders Say
- From the President to Members of Congress to FCC commissioners, this compilation of quotes shows the wide range of support for innovative solutions to deploying broadband across America. Download PDF
- America in the Technology Race: The Cost of Falling Behind
- This fact sheet shows how America is slipping in international broadband deployment rankings and is falling behind countries such as Estonia in the worldwide technology race. Download PDF
