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FCC Releases Two-Year Network Neutrality Protection (Apr 1, 2007)On March 26, the FCC released an order approving the AT&T/BellSouth merger, including the requirement that the company abide by Network Neutrality protections for two years. The FC... Public Interest Groups Support FCC Proposed Cable Ownership Limits (Mar 27, 2007)The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced that they plan to reaffirm limits on cable ownership. It's been reported that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin plans to set... Net neutrality protected in AT&T-BellSouth Merger (Jan 3, 2007)The Federal Communications Commission has approved the merger of AT&T and BellSouth in what became a controversial and heavily debated decision with huge consequences. AT&T pushed... Warren Bell makes public broadcasting board (Dec 26, 2006)Free Press has sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in response to President Bush's recess appointment of Warren Bell to the board of the C... Senate Commerce Committee hears opposition to Warren Bell nomination to CPB (Sep 20, 2006)Free Press and others have sent letters to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation opposing the nomination of Warren Bell to the board of the Corporation for P... House approves massive telecom bill (Jun 9, 2006)Late in the evening of June 8th, the House of Representatives passed the Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement (COPE) Act of 2006 by a vote of 321-101. The bill, a... House Judiciary Committee votes for net neutrality (May 27, 2006)This week a bipartisan majority of the House Judiciary Committee passed the "Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006" — a bill that offers meaningful protections f... Telecom bills moving in both houses of Congress (May 10, 2006)Bills proposed to drastically revise US telecom laws currently sit in both houses of Congress. In the House of Representatives, the bill is called the Communications Opportunity, P... House Committee considers video franchise legislation (Apr 24, 2006)This month the House Committee on Energy and Commerce is dealing with an update to the US telecom laws. Tomorrow the Committee will begin to markup the Communications Opportunity,... Senate bills would set aside empty TV channels for wireless Internet (Feb 21, 2006)On Feb. 17, two bills were introduced in the Senate that would help to establish affordable broadband across the country. Sens. George Allen (R-Va.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), John Sun... |
