After voting in favor of regulating broadband services as a public utility, Tom Wheeler, Chairman at the Federal Communications Commission says that as the most powerful and pervasive platform on the planet, the internet “cannot exist without a referee.” Speaking about his first year in office, Wheeler said “Obama and I are long time supporters of net neutrality, it has been an ongoing process that culminated last Thursday.” The vote last Thursday was a narrow win in favour of Wheeler’s net neutrality guidelines which he says are built on the regulatory model that has been widely successful in the US for…
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