Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has come out in favor of net neutrality, suggesting he plans to use Title II of the Communications Act to regulate Internet Service Providers.
”We’re gonna have rules that say--we're going to propose rules that say, 'no blocking, no throttling, no paid prioritization,' and that there is a yardstick against which behavior should be measured, and that yardstick was 'just and reasonable,'" Wheeler said.
Ars Technica reports that Wheeler signaled his plans in a conversation with with Consumer Electronics Association President Gary Shapiro. Using Title II, the FCC would be able to regulate ISPs as common carriers. President Obama recently advocated using Title II to impose rules that would forbid ISPs from blocking and throttling traffic, or allowing them to charge for priority access. ISPs have argued that using Title II would open the door for rate regulation, akin to telephone networks.
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