FCC Chairman Will Reportedly Revise Broadband Proposal

Posted by samzenpus on Monday May 12, 2014 @12:06AM from the new-plan dept.

An anonymous reader writes "FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has said he will revise proposed rules for regulating broadband Internet, and is offering assurances that the agency won't allow companies to segregate Web traffic into fast and slow lanes. From the article: 'The new language by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to be circulated as early as Monday is an attempt to address criticism of his proposal unveiled last month that would ban broadband providers from blocking or slowing down websites but allow them to strike deals in which content companies could pay them for faster delivery of Web content to customers.'"

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More of the same likely; by Mr+D+from+63 · 2014-05-12 00:10 · Score: 5, Insightful

The language is too carefully chosen. I expect the same old sheet.

Wheeler seems too anxious to move fast."won't allow companies to segregate Web traffic into fast and slow lanes" is a matter of interpretation. If you insist the slow lane is really not a slow lane, it is a meaningless statement.