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A multibureau group of FCC staff is reviewing

A multibureau group of FCC staff is reviewing several options on net neutrality, Wireline Bureau Chief Julie Veach wrote in a blog post (http://fcc.us/ZcgwRD) Monday. Repeating Chairman Tom Wheeler’s comments before the House Committee on Small Business last Wednesday (CD…

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Sept 18 p1) that all options, in particular Communications Act Title II reclassification, are still on the table, Veach highlighted a few options under either Title II or Section 706 commission “staff has identified as adding to the potential ways that an Open Internet can be preserved.” Of note, according to Veach, were proposals by AOL supporting Title II reclassification with substantive rules promulgated under Section 706, and AT&T’s proposal to ban paid prioritization under 706. A Title II-based approach proposed by Columbia University law professor Timothy Wu, also known for coining the term net neutrality, and Tejas Narechania, a Columbia University law school research scholar, is “an important proposal,” the post said, as was Mozilla’s proposal to use Title II to create a presumption banning all paid prioritization.