Education Technology Startup TRAIL Files Open Internet Comment with the FCC

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Stephanie Margossian
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July 7, 2014
Education Technology Startup TRAIL Files
Open Internet Comment with the FCC
TRAIL Advocates on Behalf of 60 Million Americans
Who Do Yet Know How to Use the Internet
San Francisco, CA – TRAIL filed comment today with the Federal
Communications Commission regarding the proposed Open Internet rules
advanced by Chairman Tom Wheeler.
TRAIL, as an education technology company that works with those who lack
digital literacy skills, meaning they cannot use the Internet, fears that the new
rules would further act as a barrier to Internet adoption for the population they
work with. In the letter submitted to the FCC, TRAIL CEO Christina Gagnier
noted,
“At a time when we need a national focus on ending the remaining digital
divide so that the Internet can provide an economic boost to all
Americans, taking any action that would jeopardize the closure of this gap
is strongly discouraged. Any rules that may allow for ‘pay for play’ access
to the Internet would be both discriminatory and anti-progress.”
TRAIL has worked throughout the United States, working with the California
State Library, Pennsylvania State Library and other public institutions to get
more non-Internet users online. TRAIL’s flagship platform, JobScout, gets
people the Internet skills they need to find work.
About TRAIL
TRAIL is an online education company dedicated to bringing people their first
experience with the Internet. We partner with libraries, schools, social services
offices, workforce development centers and other trusted public institutions to
offer our courses and features online for free. TRAIL’s platforms, JobScout and

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HealthScout, allow thousands of learners to become Internet savvy. With users
in over 12 countries, TRAIL is on its way to becoming the “first stop” on the
Internet.
TRAIL competed as part of the TechCrunch 2013 Startup Battlefield. The work
of TRAIL has been recognized and awarded by CENIC. TRAIL’s CEO, Christina
Gagnier, was named one of Broadband for America’s Faces of Innovation in
2013.
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