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WASHINGTON — InternetforEveryone.org — a public-private sector initiative to connect every American to a fast, open and affordable Internet — will hold its first town hall meeting on Dec. 6 in Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON — Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve the unlicensed use of “white spaces” — empty airwaves between television channels — to provide high-speed Internet access nationwide.

WASHINGTON — Free Press is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to require all broadband providers to disclose any practice that monitors or interferes with their customers’ Internet use.

WASHINGTON — A coalition of the nation’s leading consumer, media and public interest groups is calling on Congress to support using empty public airwaves — known as “white spaces” — to bridge the digital divide and bring Internet service to millions of Americans in underserved communities.

WASHINGTON — The National Association of Broadcasters and the Association for Maximum Service Television launched an attack on public interest groups that support using empty public airwaves — known as “white spaces” — to bridge the digital divide and bring Internet access to millions of Americans in underserved communities.

WASHINGTON — With the Federal Communications Commission poised for a Nov. 4 vote on the Verizon Wireless-Alltel merger and the Sprint Nextel-Clearwire deal, Free Press is calling for conditions that require both wireless networks to be open to all devices and applications.

NEW YORK — In the partisan minefield of the closing days of the 2008 campaign, supporters of both Barack Obama and John McCain gave CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer a thumbs-up for his moderation of the third and final presidential debate at Hofstra University on Long Island.

WASHINGTON — According to news reports, engineers at the Federal Communications Commission are expected to issue a report endorsing the unlicensed use of “white spaces” — empty airwaves between television channels — to provide high-speed Internet access nationwide.

WASHINGTON — Free Press filed a letter last night urging the Federal Communications Commission to make universal, affordable broadband a priority in any plans to reform the Universal Service Fund.

NEW YORK — John McCain’s supporters seemed happy with the ground rules of the second presidential debate in Nashville. Barack Obama’s supporters seemed happy with the results.