PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Next week, all five Federal Communications Commissioners will meet face-to-face with the public at a hearing at Stanford University to discuss what rules should govern high-speed Internet networks.

WASHINGTON Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin announced that he would oppose a petition filed by the Internet phone company Skype that would open up all wireless networks to any devices and applications.

WASHINGTON -- Comcast, the nation's largest cable provider, and BitTorrent, a file-sharing company, today announced plans to collaborate on ways to distribute large files over the cable company's broadband network.

WASHINGTON -- Today the FCC revealed the winning bidders of the "700 MHZ" spectrum auction. Verizon Wireless won the prized C Block license.

At the Federal Communications Commission's "open meeting" today, the agency passed new rules that change how Internet service providers report data about their broadband services. The FCC also released an updated assessment of America's broadband marketplace.

Today, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it will hold a second public hearing on the future of the Internet on April 17 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of five House members today filed a measure aimed at nullifying a controversial Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule that would end a 32-year-old ban on radio and television broadcasters owning newspapers in Seattle and other of the nation's largest media markets. It is the House companion to legislation offered in the Senate last week.

WASHINGTON -- Today, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) introduced a "Resolution of Disapproval" that would overturn media ownership rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission last December. Listen to national conference call with Sen. Dorgan and public interest groups: <a href="http://www.freepress.net/docs/38209050.mp3">http://www.freepress.net/docs/38209050.mp3</a>

WASHINGTON -- Last night, Free Press and members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition filed "reply comments" with the Federal Communications Commission as part of the federal agency's ongoing investigation into the discriminatory blocking by Comcast and other Internet service providers.

WASHINGTON -- Comcast has admitted hiring people to fill up the limited number of seats at yesterday's Federal Communications Commission hearing at Harvard. More than 100 people were turned away when the event reached capacity. The public hearing was part of the federal agency's ongoing investigation into allegations that the cable giant is blocking consumers' access to legal Web traffic.