President Obama's push for Net Neutrality leaves room for carrier control of wireless networks

President Obama made big headlines today by formally asking the FCC to reclassify consumer broadband service under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, effectively making it a public utility, and ensuring Net Neutrality protections for consumers. The plan would mean no internet "fast lanes", no paid prioritization, no blocking, no throttling, and more transparency from ISPs. However, the plan does leave room for wireless networks to be separate from this.

For much of the president's statement on what he would like to see, he refers to cable and phone companies, and consumer ...



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