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A Comcast-NBC Universal mega-merger will be bad news for consumers. And the FCC has jumpstarted in 2010 media ownership review process with a series of workshops. Public interest groups weighed in about research methods and focus. read more
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William Rogers
William Rogers
WTF, they STILL Haven't gotten enough public comment? !
November 4 at 5:00pm
Tacy Newell
Tacy Newell
True. Got to cater to those huge corporations. Guess we need to have twice as many voices as dollars being contributed...
Thu at 3:33pm
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Free Press Verizon doubles early termination fees:

Source: www.freepress.net
You know those early termination fees wireless carriers charge? The ones that cost you an arm and a leg to cancel your contract?
Rebecca
Rebecca
Now, now. No contract phones are great but there's no reason to slam the texters like they have no life. Our modern lives keep us on the go and literally out of touch with the people we care about. I can go days without seeing family members I share a house with. Inanities are the filler of everyday life and while sharing them might seem ... Read Moremeaningless, it's not. It's a connection.
And Twitter might seem purposeless now but 40 years ago IBM and AT&T were completely uninterested in investing in a little something we now call the Internet.
So yes - get a life if you don't have one, definitely read a book, and do something for real - and then share it with someone you care about via any means you like.
Thu at 7:06am
Rebecca
Rebecca
And more on topic - in other countries "unlocked" phones are everywhere and nearly every corner has a shop that will "unlock" them for you. Nearly every Brit uses a pay as you go phone and can "top up" their account in any convenience store. The stranglehold American companies have not only on service but on the actual phones themselves is ... Read Moreridiculous - and very wasteful. I think this sudden doubling in termination fees is a sign that more people are actually leaving their contract companies and switching to pay as you go. Good for them.
Thu at 7:09am
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Free Press The pro-business case for #NetNeutrality and free-flowing Web commerce: http://twurl.nl/caaae8

Source: twurl.nl
Free marketeers' primary argument against Net neutrality is that a government watchdog role in protecting neutrality is bound to be "political" -- and that any government agency will ultimately start a slippery slide to full-bore regulation of the Internet. ...
Dubby Golub
Dubby Golub
No. We shouldn't let the government control the internet. After all, look what a great job the so-called free market has done with our health care, our economy, our electrified showers over in Iraq, our privatized prisons. The free market is definitely interested in the well-being of the people. Yeah right! Our country is now of the ... Read Morecorporation, by the corporation and for the corporation. And do you know why prostitution is only illegal when it comes to sex? Because the biggest whores in the country are in Congress and they're not going to legislate against themselves.
November 4 at 2:37pm
Bob Sam Smith
Bob Sam Smith
Sure, having corporations decide what happens or doesn't happen on the internet makes a lot of sense...NOT!! I'm all for having the Government be very active watchdogs keeping an eye on the Corporate Giants which would do to the Internet what they have already done to Cable TV. If you like the "choices" you get from you telecom providors, just think how they can chop up access to the internet! 100% access for all and nothing less!
Thu at 2:49am
Eric Griffin

Eric Griffin okay people i am back for a few keep up the good work

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Congress is so close to passing legislation that would put more Low Power FM (LPFM) radio station's on the air. To learn more, visit: http://www.freepress.net/lpfm/act
Kt Johnson
Kt Johnson
here here
November 3 at 11:00am
Martin Bailey
Martin Bailey
Power to us people.
November 3 at 12:44pm
Katie Gay
Katie Gay
Loved it!
November 4 at 8:48am
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Source: voices.washingtonpost.com
Analysts are betting that a bid by Comcast to take over NBC Universal would probably be approved by regulators in Washington but with lots of conditions. A merger would also raise a host of regulatory questions as the cable giant...
Robert Dowding
Robert Dowding
Here are a few reasons.They have horrendous customer service.They overbill.Provide bad TV service.And for the money the worst value of any cable company I have dealt with.
November 3 at 1:11pm
John
John
Really? REALLY?
November 3 at 7:27pm
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Tyson Gustus
Tyson Gustus
Note to all note-posters... I don't know if this is your fault or not yet, but none of the iPhone users can access hyperlinks in notes without copying and pasting. Just post the links...
November 2 at 8:54pm
Aja Brooks
November 3 at 9:47am
Taguhi Arakelian
Taguhi Arakelian
Nooooo, REALLY???!!! We actually expect to find no loopholes in any good policy/legislation/etc.? Sorry, feeling a bit sarcastic today.....
November 4 at 12:47pm
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Free Press "The strength or weakness of a proposed Internet rule, known as net neutrality, could rest in the interpretation of just one word: 'reasonable": http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/

Source: voices.washingtonpost.com
Washington Post technology writer Cecilia Kang deciphers the ones and zeros of tech policy.
William Rogers
William Rogers
YOu hit the nail on the head Comrade! Sad, when will the few top controllers of all the wealth, you know that 1%, when will they realize that what they're doing is not only not in the best interest of the people, it's not in their own best interests in the long run!
November 2 at 3:10pm
Taguhi Arakelian
Taguhi Arakelian
That's troublesome in that it's subjective. After all, the word "reasonable" has been used by the Supreme Court to increase searching powers of the police to a point where anything can be stretched to be considered "reasonable".
November 2 at 7:56pm
Martha Prentell

Martha Prentell
Brazil fighting these days to change the democracy and media landscape through the first ever National Conference on Media in their history, mobilizing every sector in society.
Of course the established media is keeping quiet and not uttering a single word about it. We have to force the international media to cover the ...event in the middle of december so change does come. The comittee created mostly by the people is doing a fantastic jobb! Please spread the word!!! Engage the medias in your countries!!!!!!Read More

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Tim Holmes
Tim Holmes
If the subsidy is allocated neutrally, based on amount of copy and number of readers per outlet, there's no reason why you shouldn't expect to see a range of competing outlets. And they would be independent, not only of Government, but also of corporate owners and managers. I actually can't think of a much better way of ensuring both of those outcomes.
November 1 at 9:59am
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A new report surveys a wide swath of the journalism landscape and proposes a set of recommendations that endorse public policy as part of the solution to securing the future of news...
Gregory
Jeff Brodhead
Jeff Brodhead
That's why I's an Independent voter.
I've jumped on Newt and Steele more than once, about their party attitude and statesmanship: complementing the enemy's character...
October 29 at 3:06pm
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Free Press AT&T wireless customers can look forward to even higher fees in the future http://www.freepress.net/node/74037

Source: www.freepress.net
AT&T is threatening to punish customers by imposing higher fees on users who consume more data through its wireless service.
Sam Knowles
Sam Knowles
"3 percent of AT&T smartphone customers use 40 percent of all smartphone data, and they consume 13 times the data of the average smartphone customer and make up less than 1 percent of AT&T’s total postpaid customer base." Gee, I wonder why they'd raise their fees? Here's a secret: businesses are in it for the money! Crazy, huh? Don't like it, don't blow your money on an iPhone.
October 29 at 10:11pm
Comrade Andrew Weit
Comrade Andrew Weit
Reason number 364,990 why I am a socialist....
November 2 at 9:20am