Open-Internet-opposing "big dogs" -- ISPs threatening to starve their investments in broadband networks -- are more bark than bite, according to comments made Friday by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler (pictured). Since the FCC issued its ground-breaking Open Internet Order in March, such opponents' predictions about eroding incentives to invest have failed to materialize, he said. Wheeler made his remarks in a speech at The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. During his talk, he also discussed the importance of continuing to develop the nation's broadband networks to ensure access to "everyone,...
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