Time Warner Cable tells FCC to shut up about Network Neutrality

Responding to the outcry over its proposed regimen of price-gouging bandwidth caps, Time Warner Cable says that it's anxious to explain its intentions to the public. "We appreciate the feedback we've received," Time Warner Chief Operating Officer Landel Hobbs wrote in a blog entry last week. "We'll look forward to more dialogue as we progress in these trials." But, apparently, not at the Federal Communications Commission. TWC told the FCC that the agency should watch its words as it advises the government on how to spend the recovery plan's broadband stimulus money. "Now is not the time, nor is this the appropriate proceeding, to engage in a debate about the need for net neutrality obligations," two TWC lawyers warned the FCC on Monday. The discussion should stay strictly focused on broadband deployment, the company insists. "Debates in this proceeding about new net neutrality regulations would only divert attention from these important goals, delaying the distribution of funds while generating considerable contention when the Commission should instead be fostering a spirit of collaboration."