More than 93 million Americans are not connected to high-speed Internet at home, according to a new survey from the Federal Communications Commission. We are hopeful a soon-to-be released National Broadband Plan will tackle that problem directly and aggressively.

This week Google announced plans to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. We like the idea, if for no other reason than it could put pressure on Internet service providers such as Comcast and AT&T to improve service and offer better prices to consumers.

Lawmakers in Washington will hopefully be asking a lot of tough questions when executives from Comcast and NBC-Universal come before them today to discuss their proposed merger. Like most everyone without direct ties to Comcast, Consumers Union think the proposed marriage of the country's largest cable company and the multi-tentacled NBC-Universal media empire is a truly lousy deal for consumers.