A high-speed, or broadband, Internet connection is becoming a basic public necessity, just like water, gas or electricity. Free Press is working to promote policies to ensure all Americans have access to fast, affordable and open Internet. We're also fighting to save the Internet from big phone and cable companies that want to turn the information superhighway into their own private toll road. Issues relating to the future of the Internet include:

• Net Neutrality: Net Neutrality is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet. It ensures users' right to the lawful content and online services of their choice.

• Universal Broadband: Nearly half of the nation’s households are not connected to broadband, and Americans pay more for slower speeds than citizens of most other industrialized countries. Free Press is working to get everyone connected to open, fast and affordable Internet.

• Spectrum Policy: Unused portions of the broadcast spectrum – public airwaves – have the potential to bring the economic, political and social benefits of broadband to all Americans.

The Free Press policy team regularly meets with legislators on Capitol Hill to advocate for legislation to promote universal broadband, and Free Press research and legal teams craft comments and file documents with the Federal Communications Commission, the federal agency that regulates media in the United States, on broadband issues.