Net Neutrality Talks Move Forward With Tacit FCC Support

Does Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski approve of the latest round of talks around network neutrality. Industry observers think there me be a slight nod to the talks that could demonstrate to Congress that exhaustive stakeholder meetings have not lead to a consensus position.

"The struggle between the lead regulatory agency here and Congress is very interesting," said Chairman Charles Benton of the Benton Foundation, a net neutrality proponent. Analyst Kevin Taglang of the foundation isn't hopeful that a deal can be reached without the participation of the Open Internet Coalition, which was involved in the discussions that Lazarus led. "There may be some people who are pro-net neutrality, but you're taking the entire public interest community out of the equation" in the conversations, Taglang said. "You can't have that debate just between companies."