Connected Nation and Broadband Mapping
Public Knowledge warned consumers in January 2008 of a broadband mapping group known as Connected Nation… a front group for AT&T and Verizon.
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1334
Connected Nation has received attention from media outlets and Politicians alike.
Connected Nation, originally Connect Kentucky, was created by Republican staffers for then- Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher and representatives from BellSouth, also owned by AT&T.
Hailed in Washington as a model for public-private partnership, Democrats have had only good things to say about Connected Nation. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Rep. Zach Space (D-OH), just to name a few.
Connected Nation allows politicians the freedom from creating a government only program, this program instead involves private sector participation.
According to Public Knowledge, we’re about to spend $350 million for broadband mapping data that won’t be accurate, will be owned by AT&T and not the taxpayers who paid for it, and can’t be independently verified.
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