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    Free Press is a non-partisan, non-profit organization founded by media critic Robert McChesney to promote more democratic media policy in the United States. Its aim is to increase the public's stake in the debate of appropriate media policy with the goal of creating a more competitive media landscape and promoting a media system more friendly to the public interest. Specific areas of concern include concentration of media ownership, low-power FM broadcasting (LPFM), and Net Neutrality.

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    2. Public Interest Groups Hammer Comcast Over Reports of Hulu's Change in Streaming Model

      Explore The Cable Industry Book (Apr 30 2012) Business Models

      ...ication" model for putting its programming online), though they differed over what that move meant. Free Press said it called into question whether Comcast was living up to its NBCU deal conditions (NBC is a co... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Comcast   Free Press   Nbcu

    3. Verizon plans bandwidth-gobbling mobile video service

      Explore The Register (Mar 30 2012) Applications , Mobility

      ...nate hearing last week from representatives of the Rural Cellular Association, media advocacy group Free Press, and others, not only because of what they deem to be the anti-competitive advantage that such a sp... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   Sprint Nextel   Free Press

    4. RCA: Verizon warehousing 44 MHz in some markets, doesn't need more

      Explore FierceWireless (Mar 22 2012) Marketing

      RCA: Verizon warehousing 44 MHz in some markets, doesn't need more ...vices. Timothy Wu, a law professor at Columbia University and a former chairman of consumer group Free Press, said the spectrum license transfers need to be examined in light of communications law and not ant... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Verizon Communications   AT&T   Sprint Nextel

    5. Is Verizon-Cable "Detente" Going to Lead to Less Competition?

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      ...y of the Senators on the panel, however, didn’t see it that way. One of the other witnesses called, Free Press policy advisor Joel Kelsey, said that SpectrumCo’s AWS is the last remaining block of high-value sp... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   Comcast   Free Press

    6. DoJ Sniffs Around VZ Wireless-Cable Deals

      Explore Light Reading (Dec 20 2011) Business Models , Unified communications

      ... its cable partners meet consumer demand for wireless broadband without decreasing consumer choice. Free Press is asking for more transparency and an investigation that will shed more light on the nature of the... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Time Warner Cable Inc.   Jeff Baumgartner   AT&T

    7. Does Net Neutrality Create Incentives, or Not?

      Explore IP Carrier (Nov 17 2011) Applications , IP Telephony

      Does Net Neutrality Create Incentives, or Not? ... yet it's not clear you will be rewarded on the back end for it," Niehaus says.But S. Derek Turner, Free Press research director, says carrier investment decisions are driven by a variety of factors, but regula... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Free Press   Turner   Frost

    8. CTIA Backs Net Neutrality Rules

      Explore IP Carrier (Oct 27 2011) Applications , IP Telephony

      CTIA Backs Net Neutrality Rules ...t neutrality regulations. CTIA backs net neutrality rules:  Four public interest groups, including Free Press, have sued the FCC, arguing that the agency's net neutrality rules do not go far enough.  The CT... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Verizon Wireless   Free Press   Federal Communication Commission

    9. FCC set to unveil rules for rural broadband fund

      Explore World News (Oct 26 2011) Applications

      ...ne construction costs the most. Policy director Matt Wood (News - Alert) at consumer advocacy group Free Press said the phone–company plan had "very little to do with increasing broadband adoption, and everythi... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   Free Press   Federal Communication Commission

    10. Verizon blocks unlicensed tethering, insists it can charge extra

      Explore Ars Technica (Aug 9 2011)

      Verizon blocks unlicensed tethering, insists it can charge extra ...bidden such unapproved tethering in their customer agreements for years now, but the advocacy group Free Press recently complained to the FCC that blocking tethering apps "curtails, restrains, and interferes" w... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   AT&T   Apple App Store

    11. Verizon, Free Press Duel Over Tethering Complaints - Verizon says They've Done Nothing to Violate Spectrum Conditions

      Explore dslreports.com (Aug 9 2011)

      ...ditions once crafted by the FCC, they were so packed with loopholes as to be rather useless. Still, Free Press has been arguing that Verizon's decision to try and block tethering apps from app stores while crip... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   AT&T   Free Press

    12. FCC Broadband Study Shows ISPs Deliver 82 Percent to 114 Percent of Claimed Speeds

      Explore tmcnet.com (Aug 3 2011) Marketing

      FCC Broadband Study Shows ISPs Deliver 82 Percent to 114 Percent of Claimed Speeds ...ly deliver their bits within 80 percent of the advertised speed. Cablevision doesn’t fare well. The Free Press predictably chose to focus on the gaps. “While the study indicates some providers are consistently... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cablevision   Gary Kim   Free Press

    13. U.S. ISPs Deliver 82% to 114% of Advertised Speeds

      Explore IP Carrier (Aug 3 2011) Marketing

      ...d from a low of 85 percent of advertised speed to a high of 125 percent of advertised speed. The Free Press predictably chose to focus on the gaps.  "While the study indicates some providers are consistently... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Comcast   Cox   Free Press

    14. Against the rules? No 4G tethering apps for Verizon phones

      Explore Ars Technica (Jun 6 2011)

      Against the rules? No 4G tethering apps for Verizon phones ... Communications Commission's Wireless Division. That is, if the FCC listens to a new complaint from Free Press accusing Verizon of limiting consumer tethering choices on the company's LTE mobile phones. ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   LTE   Free Press

    15. 'Broad Coalition' Targets AT&T T-Mobile Deal - Consumer Groups, Rural Carriers, Sprint and the CCIA

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      ...quisition of T-Mobile for $39 billion. Consumer groups including Public Knowledge, Consumers Union, Free Press and the Media Access Project have all come out against the deal, and they'll likely find a close al... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Clearwire   AT&T   Sprint Nextel

    16. MetroPCS to allow VoIP over LTE

      Explore FierceWireless (Feb 15 2011) IP Telephony , Marketing

      ...s on any handset that is technically capable of using such a service." Consumer groups, including Free Press and Media Access project, in January said MetroPCS' LTE service plans violated the FCC's new net ne... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LTE   Google Voice   Free Press

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