FCC chief to communications workers: 'We've got work to do'

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski touted the findings of his agency's report on the status of broadband deployment, released last week, in a speech Monday to the Communications Workers of America to emphasize that much work remains to be done.

"The report found that up to 24 million people who live in rural America don't have access to broadband," Genachowski said. "I don't think we should rest until we connect every corner of this country."

Telecommunications industry giants, including AT&T and Verizon, took issue with findings of the report, calling them inconsistent with the National Broadband Plan's conclusion that 95 percent of Americans have access to wireline broadband.

With more than 700,000 members, CWA is the largest telecommunications union in the world.