FCC chairman says reports of network neutrality's death are 'flat out wrong'

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler insists that there has been "no turnaround in policy" concerning Open Internet rules and calls April 23’s reports on new network neutrality rules "flat out wrong."

Here's the FCC chairman's full statement:
"There are reports that the FCC is gutting the Open Internet rule. They are flat out wrong. Tomorrow we will circulate to the Commission a new Open Internet proposal that will restore the concepts of net neutrality consistent with the court's ruling in January. There is no 'turnaround in policy.' The same rules will apply to all Internet content. As with the original Open Internet rules, and consistent with the court's decision, behavior that harms consumers or competition will not be permitted."

The problem, which Wheeler's statement doesn't refute, is that the FCC intends to say that it's okay to discriminate against traffic if content providers don't pay the ISPs a "commercially reasonable" fee.