FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has heard the complaints and is prepared to act; whether his response is enough to silence the critics, though, remains to be seen. Last month, when Wheeler announced that he would propose new rules governing internet access and bandwidth control, it drew serious blowback. In a nutshell, his proposed rules would have given internet providers — like Comcast, Time Warner, and Verizon — permission to charge content providers more money for premium (read: faster) access to consumers. Also read: FCC Promises to Protect Open Internet, But Net Neutrality's Future Looks Bleak That rule, which Wheeler proposed in reaction to a January court case that struck...
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