Internet for Everyone is an organization that promotes:

1. Access – Every home and business in America must have access to a high-speed, world class communications infrastructure.
2. Choice – Every consumer must enjoy real competition in lawful online content as well as among high-speed Internet providers to achieve lower prices and higher speeds.
3. Openness – Every Internet user should have the right to freedom of speech and commerce online in an open market without gatekeepers or discrimination.
4. Innovation – The Internet should continue to create good jobs, foster entrepreneurship, spread new ideas and serve as a leading engine of economic growth.

The founding members of the organization include a lot of Internet-based businesses such as Google, Skype, eBay and BitTorrent. I recognize a lot of the names from the Net Neutrality camp too.

I think it’s a noble cause but I’m always cynical about organizations like this. The marketing is obviously great – they’ve been all over the usual broadband focused news sources. (And I don’t mean to disparage marketing here – I think marketing has been the key to success for ConnectKentucky-type initiatives.) But at this point I’ve got to ask – where’s the beef? Will they plan to lobby for policy change, pour money into supporting broadband, or is this just to raise awareness?

There are some powerful folks involved; folks who are innovative and motivated. So, I am hopeful that they will be successful and anxious to see what the strategic plan is.

They ask visitors to sign up to join the coalition. Then they will send emails letting you know what you can do to help. The other visible activity seems to be proposed local broadband meetings.