Protesters descend on FCC chairman’s house over network neutrality

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Internet activists descended on Federal Communications Commission Tom Wheeler's house as he was trying to back out of his driveway on Nov 10. The 6-foot-4 chairman drives a Mini Cooper, but even that nimble vehicle wouldn't have been able to get around the human blockade.

The protesters demanded that Wheeler "reclassify" broadband providers under Title II of the Communications Act -- a move that'd allow the FCC to regulate the behavior of ISPs more closely. At first, Wheeler responded by repeating what he'd previously said in public: That "everything is on the table" when it comes to net neutrality, including Title II. But the protesters refused to leave, prompting a visibly exasperated Chairman Wheeler to complain that they were "blocking my driveway and prohibiting my rights." "I think you've all made your point -- can I get out of my driveway now?" he said. Both Chairman Wheeler and the protesters appeared to be recording the incident. "[The problem] just goes away once you reclassify," one protester said, off-camera. "It's just gone."


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