FCC Chief's Proposed Net Neutrality Rules 'Don't Strike the Right Balance' Shapiro Says

CEA hails the FCC "for recognizing the path forward involves a free, competitive and open Internet," President Gary Shapiro said Thursday in a statement. But the rules FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined "don’t strike the right balance, failing to encourage the competition and investment needed to keep the Internet growing and thriving," he said. "There is a need for a reasonable and balanced approach, and reclassification to Title II isn’t it." Wheeler's proposal would reclassify broadband as a common carrier service and impose the same net neutrality rules on fixed and mobile broadband. CTIA President Meredith Baker was also critical of Wheeler's proposals. "The mobile innovation and investment -- $120 billion since 2010 alone -- that American consumers rely on will be placed at risk by the FCC applying intrusive regulatory restrictions on mobile broadband for the first time," Baker said.