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FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules For 'Open Internet'

6:27pm February 26, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The FCC approved the policy known as net neutrality by a 3-2 vote, with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler saying the agency will ensure that no entity "should control free open access to the Internet."

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler unveiled his plan in a Wired op-ed on Wednesday. The FCC is scheduled to vote on the proposal Feb. 26.

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FCC Chairman Wheeler Backs Regulating Internet As Public Utility

5:05pm February 05, 2015

by Elise Hu

The Federal Communications Commission has received 4 million comments on "net neutrality." On Wednesday, the FCC chief laid out what he calls "the strongest open Internet protections ever proposed."