FCC chief wants tougher open Internet rules

USA Today: Less than a month before he presents new rules designed to ensure an open Internet, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is seeking to consolidate support for an option that would regulate Internet service providers more tightly, like public utilities.

Wheeler has staunchly backed the principle of the Internet being open and neutral for all types of legal content providers, and his reiteration of the position this week at the 2105 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas deflated the hopes of ISPs for a more hands-off approach.

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