Free Press’s latest effort at increasing U.S. broadband adoption ...
Free Press’s latest effort at increasing U.S. broadband adoption (CD June 26 p9) isn’t a coalition lobbying Congress or the FCC, Marvin Ammori, Free Press general counsel, said. Rather, InternetforEveryone.org will be an organizer of public forums across the…
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country, Ammori told us in an interview. Free Press still is crafting the digital tool, with which the group’s nearly 50 members will be able to communicate and decide collectively on details for staging events, he said. Members have no central money pot to dip into, and largely will “pay their own way,” he said. Free Press is not funding the forums, but will help pay for signs, he said. Free Press seeks discussions more casual than public hearings it held on media ownership, Ammori said. Free Press expects 4 to 6 forums the next 12 months, he said. Free Press doesn’t plan to pay for the first event itself, he said.