John Doerr, Brian Roberts push Obama on network neutrality

The “Open Internet” agreement pending at the Federal Communications Commission got a vote of confidence from two CEOs who visited the White House this week.

John Doerr, partner at powerhouse venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins in Silicon Valley, brought up the network neutrality proceeding during conversations with President Barack Obama Doerr, who has invested in Web heavyweights including Google and Amazon, told Obama he was supportive of the net neutrality proposal on which the FCC plans to vote next week. Doerr emphasized the importance of regulatory certainty, which he said the net neutrality proposal would provide. Also in attendance at the White House was Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, who further expressed the need for regulatory certainty, the source said. It is not clear whether other participants in Wednesday's meeting -- including Google CEO Eric Schmidt or Cisco CEO John Chambers -- sounded off on the issue.