The FCC is “seriously considering the use of...
The FCC is “seriously considering the use of Title II” reclassification of broadband, Chairman Tom Wheeler wrote in responses to Senate and House Republicans (http://bit.ly/1iNYePc). The agency on Friday released his letters dated June 17. The Republicans had written to…
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the FCC protesting its possible use of Title II in its proceeding to write new net neutrality rules. Wheeler called the status quo of no net neutrality rules “unacceptable” and explained the agency’s rulemaking notice, which asks many questions about what the best legal authority should be for the rules and how the FCC should proceed. “I believe that the [Communications Act] Section 706 framework provides us with the tools with need to adopt and implement robust and enforceable Open Internet rules,” Wheeler said. But the NPRM also asks about Title II reclassification, pointing to Republicans’ concerns about common carriage regulation, about “the extent to which forbearance from certain provisions of the Act or our rules would be justified so that the regulatory treatment of broadband providers is appropriately balanced,” Wheeler said.