Citizens for a Digital Future recognizes that adoption of and access to broadband technology -- and its enhancements -- has become increasingly critical to the environment, for education, economic development and health care, among others. Our members support and advance public policies that encourage broad deployment and robust enhancement of broadband and digital technologies.
A letter to the editor ran in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune discussing the importance of broadband enhancement in creating more jobs and more opportunities for Floridians. To read the letter, please click here.
An article ran in the Sunshine State News discussing the need to expand broadband services across the state of Florida to help benefit universities and the Florida Public Broadcasting System. To read more, please click here.
The Jackson County Floridan published an article about the efforts of the Florida Rural Broadband Alliance to expand high-speed Internet access to rural areas.
Under the forward thinking leadership of the Florida General Assembly and Governor Crist, the state legislature passed the “Consumer Choice and Protection Act,” which was approved and signed by the Governor in 2009. The Consumer Choice and Protection Act, or SB 2626/HB1465, took the necessary steps forward to update telecommunications laws in Florida and benefits Florida consumers and the economy by increasing competition in the marketplace.
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