S. Derek Turner

Free Press Slams Verizon's Claims that Pact with Google Would Protect Net Neutrality

Stevie Converse — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:17:02 -0400

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Verizon is simply dead wrong in claiming their farce of a framework would fulfill President Obama's Net Neutrality promises. Verizon can't hide the fact that, if enacted, this pact would mark the end of the open Internet era.

Industry Front Group Plans Campaign of Lies

Stevie Converse — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:27:34 -0400

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AT&T front group Americans for Prosperity is stooping to new lows in fearmongering. It announced a $1.4 million advertising plan to try to convince Americans that the FCC is plotting to "take over the Internet."

Prepared Remarks by S. Derek Turner at the Free Press Summit

Stevie Converse — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:50:13 -0400

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Remarks by S. Derek Turner, research director at Free Press, at the Free Press Summit: Ideas to Action in Washington, D.C.

FCC Media Ownership Workshop

Stevie Converse — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:05:48 -0400

Start: 11/02/2009 - 23:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

The FCC is holding workshops on Nov. 2,3 and 4 to discuss the scope and methodology of the proceeding and the analytical framework the Commission should use for conducting its review. We will explore these issues during three half-day sessions with: (1) a panel of policy scholars, (2) a panel of public interest groups, and (3) a panel of broadcasters and media trade associations. Nov.

S. Derek Turner: America's Broadband Failure Is a 'Policy Failure'

Stevie Converse — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:10:38 -0400

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S. Derek Turner
America's broadband failures are the result of policy failures. The FCC dismantled the legal framework responsible for creating the open Internet and left nothing in its place but thin assurances that what once was, would always be. And while other countries implemented the broadband policies that we once championed, America's policy was just to cross our fingers and hope for the best.

America's Internet Recovery Plan

Stevie Converse — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:29:49 -0400

Full article: SavetheInternet.com
Timothy Karr
The Internet is now in the center of government plans to create new prosperity and participation in the 21st century. Policy failures of the past can't be repeated if we want good jobs, better health care and a robust democracy. A new report by Free Press, <em>Dismantling Digital Deregulation: Toward a National Broadband Policy</em>, analyzes past policy and points the way to a better future.

How Should 'Unserved' and 'Underserved' Areas Best Be Defined?

Stevie Converse — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:31:48 -0400

Start: 05/11/2009 - 23:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

The second in a series on "Spending the Broadband Stimulus," will consider one of the leading definition questions that remains to be defined by the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the FCC, and the Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities Service: Who is served by broadband, and who isn't.

Free Press Organizes Nationwide Opposition to Time Warner Metering

Stevie Converse — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:50:41 -0400

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In response to Time Warner Cable's announcement that it will move forward with plans to limit consumers' Internet use, Free Press is urging its 500,000 members to voice their opposition to Congress.

Free Press Releases Broadband Stimulus Grant Scorecard

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:36:05 -0400

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In a roundtable discussion on broadband stimulus at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner outlined the five criteria policymakers should use to score potential broadband deployment projects: adoption and affordability, speed, civics, job creation and efficiency.

Free Press Testifies on Universal Service Reform at House Hearing

Stevie Converse — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:36:09 -0400

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Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner urged lawmakers to make universal, affordable broadband a priority in any plans to reform the Universal Service Fund. (Video 4:39)