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Millions of Americans - especially in rural and low-income urban area - don't have high speed Internet access. Millions more who have what we in America call "high speed" Internet pay much more for slower speeds than people in Europe or Japan.

How fast is your Internet access? How does your speed compare nationwide and around the globe? Are you getting what your Internet provider says you're paying for?

Speed Matters is CWA's public policy and awareness campaign to invest in our nation's high speed networks, create good jobs and close the digital divide. Testing your Internet connection speed is an important part of this campaign. Last year, Speed Matters used tens of thousands of speed tests from people like you to develop a state-by-state report on Internet connection speed. USA Today featured the findings on its front page, reporting that the US is falling far behind other industrialized nations in high speed Internet access. Thanks to the first report, state broadband initiatives were developed in Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee, Washington and elsewhere. It was also used to help convince the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to change its definition of high speed Internet, and to urge Congress to adopt a national broadband policy, complete with a broadband map of America.

In the 21st century, we all deserve access to quality, high-speed Internet. By taking the Speed Matters speed test, you can help make it happen.

Take the CWA Speed Matters speed test to find out: www.speedmatters.org/cwa2008