FCC Chairman supports net neutrality for wired and mobile networks 2/4/15

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is saying the right things about net neutrality:

I am proposing that the FCC use its Title II authority to implement and enforce open internet protections.

Using this authority, I am submitting to my colleagues the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC. These enforceable, bright-line rules will ban paid prioritization, and the blocking and throttling of lawful content and services. I propose to fully apply—for the first time ever—those bright-line rules to mobile broadband¹. My proposal assures the rights of internet users to go where they want, when they want, and the rights of innovators to introduce new products without asking anyone’s permission.

We’re a long way from this proposal actually becoming policy, but this is an encouraging sign after years of disappointments from the FCC.