The FCC Continues to Delay as Net Neutrality Becomes a Political Football

While reports indicated that the FCC would make a decision regarding net neutrality as early as December, the issue seems more cloudy than ever.

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Recent reporting about net neutrality assumed that a decision would be reached by December of this year. But with additional comments coming in, including those from President Obama, it seems the decision has been postponed, and the issue has grown more cloudy.

Initially, the matter appeared somewhat settled: The FCC was going to set up a regulatory system using a dual system, and Chairman Tom Wheeler wasn’t hostile to President Obama’s comments on Title II reclassification.

“What you want is what everyone wants: an open Internet that doesn’t affect your business,” Wheeler said at a recent meeting, according to Washington Post sources.

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