Khanna Faults ISPs for Influencing Net Neutrality Debate, Wheeler Defends 2015 Rules
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., blamed the top four U.S. ISPs Monday for influencing the net neutrality debate at the FCC and on Capitol Hill. A May NPRM would reverse 2015 net neutrality rules and related reclassification of broadband as a…
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Communications Act Title II service, and Capitol Hill Republicans are pursuing possible legislation. The top ISPs' “influence on the FCC is not to be underestimated,” as is their “influence on Congress,” Khanna said at a Mozilla event. Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler noted House Commerce Committee Republicans' pursuit of net neutrality compromise as a reason not to ignore Capitol Hill while the FCC evaluates its NPRM. Wheeler also focused on net neutrality at a Monday Benton Foundation event in Chicago, where he said the rules' rescission would mean top ISPs “will have the power to decide what content reaches consumers and the terms under which consumers may use the connections they purchase. In the absence of meaningful Open Internet rules, it will be the networks that make the rules.”