The FCC must “act quickly to preserve net...

The FCC must “act quickly to preserve net neutrality,” Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., told FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler in a letter Thursday (http://1.usa.gov/1b8AOdA). Franken blasted the recent Verizon v. FCC court decision that vacated the FCC net neutrality rules. “I am writing to urge you to take any and all appropriate actions necessary to preserve net neutrality,” he said. “Fortunately, the court clearly stated that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 empowers the FCC to promulgate rules governing broadband providers’ treatment of Internet traffic.” The agency thus has the legal authority and “must exercise that authority to implement new rules that will preserve access to the Internet,” Franken said.