FCC Commissioner on Net Neutrality: 'We are for a free and open Internet'

According to FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn, the agency is sympathetic to the vast majority of comments on net neutrality.

Today, commissioner and former acting chair of the FCC Mignon Clyburn addressed the issue of net neutrality at the FOCUS100 conference in New York. Clyburn said that “we are for a free and open Internet.”

This would put the FCC’s stance on the issue in line with the vast majority of comments on the topic. However, commissioners are sharply divided on the issue along party lines, with conservatives arguing that net neutrality amounts to a “federal

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