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With Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler about to release a new regulatory approach to the Internet — one that would reclassify it as a public service — people in Washington are bracing for a legal and political fight that may leave all sides unhappy.
A well-placed Washington, D.C., source told VentureBeat today that the New York Times story from Monday reporting the reclassification contained information intentionally leaked by the commission. The source also said that Wheeler is definitely preparing to propose a plan that would make the Internet a public utility-like telecommunications service as defined by Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. The Title II reclassification will apply to both wired and wireless broadband, the source said.
Wheeler believes a reclassification to Title II will give the commission the legal framework and the authority to enforce network neutrality rules on Internet service providers (ISPs) like Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast. This means that the commission will be able to make sure no carrier gives priority to one Internet content provider’s data packets over those from another.
Proponents of a Title II reclassification also believe the move is necessary to permit the FCC to collect universal service fees on data service and to implement privacy regulations.
Read more here. (VentureBeat)
A well-placed Washington, D.C., source told VentureBeat today that the New York Times story from Monday reporting the reclassification contained information intentionally leaked by the commission. The source also said that Wheeler is definitely preparing to propose a plan that would make the Internet a public utility-like telecommunications service as defined by Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. The Title II reclassification will apply to both wired and wireless broadband, the source said.
Wheeler believes a reclassification to Title II will give the commission the legal framework and the authority to enforce network neutrality rules on Internet service providers (ISPs) like Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast. This means that the commission will be able to make sure no carrier gives priority to one Internet content provider’s data packets over those from another.
Proponents of a Title II reclassification also believe the move is necessary to permit the FCC to collect universal service fees on data service and to implement privacy regulations.
Read more here. (VentureBeat)
