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Future of the Internet

Digital Déjà Vu: Old Myths About Net Neutrality (October 2009)
This new report provides a comprehensive response to the arguments from big phone and cable companies and opponents of Net Neutrality. The report dispels false claims about investment, regulation, competition and other prevalent issues and provides an overview of why Net Neutrality is good for consumers and the public interest.

Dismantling Digital Deregulation: Toward a National Broadband Strategy (May 2009)
This new report provides a comprehensive, data-driven analysis of the failed policies at the root of America's broadband decline.

Deep Packet Inspection: The End of the Internet As We Know It? (March 2009)
In this report, Free Press explains how the use of Deep Packet Inspection (or DPI) by Internet service providers is changing the Internet from an open and innovative platform into just another form of pay-for-play media.

Putting the Angels in the Details: A Roadmap for Broadband Stimulus Success (February 2009)
Putting the Angels in the Details offers specific recommendations for federal agencies on how to ensure the short- and long-term success of the $7.2 billion broadband stimulus investment.

Down Payment on Our Digital Future: Stimulus Policies for the 21st-Century Economy (December 2008)
Down Payment on Our Digital Future is a comprehensive set of policy proposals for stimulating the U.S. economy by building a new, world-class broadband infrastructure.

Blocking or Metering: A False Choice (August 2008)
In this policy brief, Free Press demonstrates why the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to prohibit blocking by Internet service providers is unlikely to lead to a radical, industry-wide switch to metering.

One Nation Online (June 2008)
Broadband's potential to unleash innovation, promote free speech and encourage learning makes this technology the key to the future success of the U.S. economy and American democracy. But to unlock broadband's limitless potential, it must be universally available and affordable. This brochure demonstrates the need for closing the digital divide and making Internet for Everyone a reality in the United States.

Shooting the Messenger: Myth vs. Reality in U.S. Broadband Policy (July 2007)
This important report dispels the many myths manufactured by the telecommunications industry to excuse America's poor broadband performance compared to the rest of the world.

America's Broadband Reality Check II: the Truth Behind America's Digital Decline (August 2006)
Broadband Reality Check II exposes the truth behind America’s digital decline: a failed broadband policy that has left Americans with higher prices, slower speeds and no meaningful competition for high-speed Internet service.

Broadband Reality Check: How the FCC ignores America’s Digital Divide (August 2005)
The first Broadband Reality Check report shows the FCC failing to confront the digital divide and calls for new policies to promote universal, fast and affordable Internet service.

Journalism

Saving the News: Toward a National Journalism Strategy (May 2009)
In this new report, Free Press explores how the government should respond to the current crisis in journalism.

Media Ownership

Devil in the Details (November 2007)
This report reveals 10 key facts that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin doesn't want you to know about the agency's revised media ownership rules.

Out of the Picture 2007: U.S. Minority & Female TV Station Ownership (October 2007)
This study examines the devastating impact of media consolidation on minority and female television station ownership in the United States.

Off the Dial: Female and Minority Radio Station Ownership in the United States (June 2007)
Learn about the dismal state of minority and female ownership in radio.

The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio (June 2007)
This joint report by the Center for American Progress and Free Press explores how policy decisions led to the dominance of the conservative talk show format in radio.