FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, himself a former venture...
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, himself a former venture capitalist, met Tuesday with other VC and startup executives to discuss net neutrality and paid prioritization, said a summation filed Thursday by Wheeler aide Gigi Sohn. “The participants spoke generally of the…
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need for the small and medium sized companies in which they invest to have access to open networks,” Sohn wrote. Participants were “specifically concerned with paid prioritization in the last mile, which they fear could have unintended consequences for start-ups.” Attending the meeting or calling in were executives from Ad Rol, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelList, Homebrew, Y Combinator and Zetta Venture Partners, said the filing (http://bit.ly/1pXtFHw) in docket 14-28. Another topic was the “relative merits” of using Title II reclassification for broadband providers, Sohn said. Ad Roll founder Jared Kopf asked whether Title II would “deliver a whole new set of opportunities for start-ups that ensure they are treated no differently than the biggest companies,” the filing said. Wheeler was managing director at Core Capital Partners before becoming chairman last year (http://fcc.us/1nN3D6r).