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What’s Happening in Washington May Impact Your Broadband Internet Service! The FCC introduced the National Broadband Plan, which, if passed in its current form, would have a negative impact on telecommunications cooperatives in rural America – including Endeavor Communications and our members. The National Broadband Plan (NBP), would put a limit on the internet speeds rural telecommunications companies could offer their customers. Specifically, it would set a broadband speed goal of ONLY 4 Mbps for telecommunications customers living in rural areas. Endeavor currently offers up to 15 Mbps to our fiber customers and up to 3 Mbps to customers not on fiber, with future plans to roll out higher internet speeds. The NBP is intended to make broadband internet access universally available. Reliable high-speed broadband can improve the lives of all consumers, but access is especially important for those in rural America. While we applaud the government’s efforts to make broadband a reality for all Americans, the NBP would make rural Americans second-class citizens because it would establish a speed goal that is twenty-five times slower than for urban areas.We feel that rural communities should enjoy the same broadband services as our larger towns and cities. Don’t let the FCC keep rural communities on the slow side of the broadband digital divide. Contact your congressional representatives and urge them to support regulatory action that ensures equal access to broadband services for all Americans.

Contact your Senator and Congressional Representatives:

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
(The website will prompt you for your town zip code + 4 digit.)

Senator Contacts:
Senator Richard Lugar – Serving all of Indiana.
Senator Dan Coats – Serving all of Indiana.

Congressional Representative Contacts:
Larry Bucshon – Serving Parke, Putnam, Clay and Owen County residents.
Todd Rokita – Serving Hendricks, Morgan and Putnam County residents..
Dan Burton– Serving Tipton and Hamilton County residents.

Additional Resources:

Former Senator Byron Dorgan encourages you to participate in the "Save Rural Broadband" campaign. Click here to watch the video.

"Quality, High-Speed Broadband for all Americans"- A video presentation by NTCA, highlighting the internet speed goals between urban and rural America.

Visit the NTCA website (National Telecommunications Cooperative Association) for more information on the National Broadband Plan.

"Broadband Perspective from Telecommunications Cooperatives"-an article written by NTCA’s CEO, Shirley Bloomfield.

What’s Happening in Washington May Impact Your Broadband Internet Service!

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