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At the Federal Communications Commission’s “open meeting” today, the agency passed new rules that change how Internet service providers report data about their broadband services. The FCC also released an updated assessment of America’s broadband marketplace.

Today, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it will hold a second public hearing on the future of the Internet on April 17 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of five House members today filed a measure aimed at nullifying a controversial Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule that would end a 32-year-old ban on radio and television broadcasters owning newspapers in Seattle and other of the nation’s largest media markets. It is the House companion to legislation offered in the Senate last week.

WASHINGTON — Today, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) introduced a “Resolution of Disapproval” that would overturn media ownership rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission last December.

Listen to national conference call with Sen. Dorgan and public interest groups: http://www.freepress.net/docs/38209050.mp3

WASHINGTON — Last night, Free Press and members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition filed “reply comments” with the Federal Communications Commission as part of the federal agency’s ongoing investigation into the discriminatory blocking by Comcast and other Internet service providers.

WASHINGTON — Comcast has admitted hiring people to fill up the limited number of seats at yesterday’s Federal Communications Commission hearing at Harvard. More than 100 people were turned away when the event reached capacity. The public hearing was part of the federal agency’s ongoing investigation into allegations that the cable giant is blocking consumers’ access to legal Web traffic.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — At a public hearing today at Harvard Law School, legal scholars, technology experts, entrepreneurs and industry representatives will go before the Federal Communications Commission to debate what rules should govern high-speed Internet networks.

WHAT: A Public Hearing on the Future of the Internet
WHEN: Monday, Feb 25, 2008, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On Monday, Comcast will be scrutinized by the Federal Communications Commission at a public hearing about the policies that will shape the future of the Internet.

WASHINGTON — Last night, Free Press and members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission in response to the federal agency’s inquiry on discriminatory blocking by Comcast and other Internet service providers.

Summary of the legal argument:

WASHINGTON — In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission today, Comcast tried to justify its continued blocking of Internet traffic. Late last year, the Associated Press exposed the nation’s largest cable company for cutting off access to legal file-sharing programs.