Telecommunications
Mission: To promote and monitor the Internet as an essential communications medium for WNDC and its members, to encourage member use of computers, e-mail, and the Internet, and to advocate for telecommunications issues.
Public Policy Positions
The telecommunications Task Force supports…
- “Net Neutrality,” opposing corporate control of the Internet
- Federal regulation to ensure Internet privacy, protecting against fraud and misrepresentation that infringe on the constitutional rights of freedom of speech
- WNDC internal and external communication enhanced with a wifi hotspot, interactive Web page, and electronic newsletter
- Universal affordable access to a telecommunications network, i.e., use of public funds for free wifi hotspots throughout the District
- Federal and state regulations to guarantee non-discriminatory Internet access to the visually, hearing or physically impaired
- Public funding for public broadcasting and television
