HOLD ON, MR. PRESIDENT! FCC REBUKES OBAMA OVER NET NEUTRALITY PLEA (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 14:28

After United States President Barack Obama urged the Federal Communications Commission to preserve net neutrality this week, the chairman of the FCC politely but firmly rebuked the White House’s wishes.

Early Monday, Pres. Obama said in a video posted on the official White House website that Wheeler should “implement the strongest possible rules to protect net neutrality” when the FCC eventually unveils guidelines that will govern the way in which web traffic is delivered to customers by Internet Service Providers, or ISPs. The FCC should reclassify consumer broadband service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, the president suggested, “while at the same time forbearing from rate regulation and other provisions less relevant to broadband services.”

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