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WASHINGTON — Cablevision has announced plans to offer download speeds of 101Mbps and upload speeds of 15Mbps beginning May 11. According to news reports, the New York-based cable company will not impose usage caps or overage fees on this new service.

WASHINGTON — Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott will testify before Congress today about the dangers of “deep packet inspection,” a technology that allows Internet service providers to spy on and control online content.

WASHINGTON — Free Press has called for an investigation into controversial pricing schemes from Internet service providers like Time Warner Cable, AT&T and wireless carriers in a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

WASHINGTON — Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott will call for a national journalism strategy to address the problems in the newspaper industry and promote a vibrant news marketplace at a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.

WASHINGTON — According to news reports, Time Warner Cable will shelve its excessive Internet penalty fees in all proposed test markets due to overwhelming opposition from consumers.

By Ben Scott, Policy Director, Free Press

We wanted to take this opportunity presented by our friends at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association to give more details about our position on Time Warner Cable’s new Internet pricing model.

WASHINGTON — The Free Press Summit: Changing Media on May 14 in Washington, D.C., will feature keynote speeches by Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps and Susan Crawford of President Barack Obama’s National Economic Council.

WASHINGTON — In response to Time Warner Cable’s announcement yesterday 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.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission announced sweeping changes to the way it collects data on female and minority broadcast ownership in the United States. Free Press research had exposed that the FCC’s last data collection process in 2007 missed more than half of all the radio stations owned by women and minorities and more than two-thirds of the television stations.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission launched its “national broadband plan” to bring high-speed Internet to all Americans. The FCC must develop this comprehensive strategy for Congress by Feb. 17, 2010, as part of the $7.2 billion broadband stimulus portion of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.