FCC's Sohn: Net Open Internet Draft Circulated

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has now circulated his latest draft to all the commissioners, according to Gigi Sohn, FCC special counsel for external affairs.

Sohn also signaled the public and stakeholders would have most of 120 days to comment on the draft.

In a Twitter chat on the new rules, Sohn confirmed it had been circulated to the other commissioners, though the outlines of the changes had already been reported widely in the press. Chairman Wheeler signaled to cable Internet service providers in a speech to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association that without rules in place, they would be a threat to open Internet.

Sohn seconded that in her chat, saying: "chairman knows free market won't protect the Internet. That's why he's proposing new rules." Sohn said she was having the Twitter chat because the chairman wanted to engage with the public.