Obama: I want the FCC to ban paid Internet fast lanes | Ars Technica

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Obama: I want the FCC to ban paid Internet fast lanes | Ars Technica:



 "“My appointee, [FCC Chairman] Tom Wheeler, knows my position,” Obama said. “Now that he’s there, I can’t just call him up and tell him exactly what to do. But what I’ve been clear about, what the White House has been clear about, is that we expect whatever final rules to emerge to make sure that we’re not creating two or three or four tiers of Internet.”"



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