Net Neutrality Fans Seek Meeting With President Obama

Network neutrality advocates are continuing to try and leverage recent open Internet comments by President Barack Obama in their efforts to get the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify Internet access under Title II.

Former FCC Chairman Michael Copps, now an advisor to Common Cause, and Free Press President Craig Arron have written the White House seeking a meeting with the President on the issue. In the letter, Copps and Aaron praised the comments, while expressing their concern about the FCC's proposal to use Sec. 706 broadband deployment authority to justify new Open Internet rules, rather than Title II.