FCC Chair ‘Under the Bus’ After Obama Call on Web Rules
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President Barack Obama’s call for strict open-Internet rules contradicts his appointed head of the Federal Communications Commission and may complicate agency efforts to forge compromise in a polarized political atmosphere.
The result could be no rules at all, letting Internet service providers demand extra payment for speedy delivery of videos and other content. Cable shares extended their declines on concern that strong regulation may be enacted.