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Today, Free Press released Blocking or Metering: A False Choice, a policy brief that illustrates 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.

WASHINGTON — Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to punish Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, for blocking users’ access to the open Internet.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan majority of the Federal Communications Commission has reportedly voted to punish Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, for blocking consumers’ access to the open Internet.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — On Monday, all five Federal Communications Commissioners will meet face-to-face with the public at a hearing at Carnegie Mellon University to discuss broadband and the digital future.

FLORENCE, Mass. — InternetforEveryone.org is pleased to announce that 17 leading “digital inclusion” groups have joined the initiative to connect all Americans to affordable, high-speed Internet.

WASHINGTON — According to the Associated Press, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to conclude its investigation on Friday into complaints from Free Press and others that Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, is blocking consumer access to Internet content.

WASHINGTON — Today, Comcast announced a “collaborative agreement” with Vonage, a company that provides voice-over-Internet telephone services.

WASHINGTON — Today, the Federal Communications Commission announced it will hold a public hearing about broadband and the digital future in Pittsburgh on July 21.

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to address the use of product integration in television.

NEW YORK — Today, an impressive line-up of Internet visionaries, business leaders, legal scholars and public interest advocates launched InternetforEveryone.org, an initiative aimed at connecting all Americans to affordable, high-speed Internet.