Just whose Internet is it? New federal rules may answer that

[PoliticAverse]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Whose Internet is it anyway?

Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, says he's keeping that question in mind as he pitches the biggest regulatory shake-up to the telecommunications industry since 1996, when people still used noisy modems and referred to the "information superhighway" as a fun way to buy books or check the weather.

Wheeler has not publicly released his plan yet, and might not for a few weeks. But he has suggested that Internet service has become as critical to people in the United States as water, electricity or phone service and should be regulated like any other public utility.

Wheeler told reporters this past week that he wants "yardsticks in place to determine what is in the best interest of consumers as opposed to what is in the best interest of the gatekeepers."

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[PumpkinAle]

1. Oh dear God

if Wheeler gets his way we are in big trouble.

[Newest Reality]

2. Well,

What about those of us who won one?

[meti57b]

3. This would likely result in everyone needing to purchase new equipment, including service providers,

and end users. Lotsa do, re mi, to be made if this all happens.

[blkmusclmachine]

4. Wheeler is Obama's guy. So you know the 99% is gonna get reamed real good...