Consumer Federation of America: FCC Chairman Wheeler Proposal Appears Spot On

The Consumer Federation of American wrote to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Communications Subcommittee claiming that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposal for new, Title II/Section 706-grounded network neutrality rules are "exactly what is needed to ensure that the principle of open access on which [the Internet's] success has rested is preserved in the future." CFA said that by combining Sec. 706 authority with Title II as needed "puts key policy issues back on the table -- like universal service, consumer protection and competition -- that were never addressed when broadband was misclassified as an information service."