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title: "3 Broadband Quotes By Michael Copps"
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> [You cannot be a fully functioning 21st-century citizen in America unless you have access to high-speed broadband. It's as simple as that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/you-cannot-be-a-fully-functioning-21st-century-citizen-in-america/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b76/michael-copps-51664_21st-century_you-cannot-be-a-fully-functioning-21st-c_667161.png)

> [We should be leading, and we’re not. We need to get serious about broadband, we need to get serious about competition, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/we-should-be-leading-and-we-re-not-we-need-to-get-serious-about/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/michael-copps-51664_broadband_we-should-be-leading-and-we-re-not-we-ne_669987.png)

> [People depend on the Open Internet to connect and communicate with each other freely. Voters need it to inform themselves before casting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/people-depend-on-the-open-internet-to-connect-and-communicate-with/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/michael-copps-51664_action_people-depend-on-the-open-internet-to-co_3223614.png)

## Other authors on Broadband

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-tae-yoo-8433.jpg) Tae Yoo 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadband/tae-yoo/)
- [Julius Genachowski 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadband/julius-genachowski/)
- [Ajit Pai 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadband/ajit-pai/)
- [Vint Cerf 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadband/vint-cerf/)

## More by Michael Copps

> [If you have an internet service provider that's capable of slowing down other sites, or putting other sites out of business, or favoring their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/if-you-have-an-internet-service-provider-that-s-capable-of-slowing/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [Journalism continues to go south, thanks to big media and its strangulation of news, and there's not much left in the way of community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/journalism-continues-to-go-south-thanks-to-big-media-and-its/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [You cannot be a fully functioning 21st-century citizen in America unless you have access to high-speed broadband. It's as simple as that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/you-cannot-be-a-fully-functioning-21st-century-citizen-in-america/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [We should be leading, and we’re not. We need to get serious about broadband, we need to get serious about competition, we need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/we-should-be-leading-and-we-re-not-we-need-to-get-serious-about/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [There's just the unabashed and unprecedented and disgusting level of money in politics. I don't blame just the Republicans; the Democrats are just about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/there-s-just-the-unabashed-and-unprecedented-and-disgusting-level-of/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [Maybe a better way to put it on this Halloween Day is to say, 'It's not a trick or much of a treat, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/maybe-a-better-way-to-put-it-on-this-halloween-day-is-to-say-it-s-not/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

> [People depend on the Open Internet to connect and communicate with each other freely. Voters need it to inform themselves before casting ballots. Without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-copps/people-depend-on-the-open-internet-to-connect-and-communicate-with/)

[Michael Copps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-copps/)

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