The FCC will monitor peering fights to ensure innovation prevails

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler expressed the same frustrations with his Netflix streams that consumers have in forums around the Internet. And because he’s the chairman of the agency in charge of ensuring that the companies providing broadband remain competitive and consumer-friendly, he’s in a position to do something about it. When asked about what the FCC’s stance is on the ongoing peering fights between ISPs and application providers like Netflix or Google, the Chairman said that the agency would look into the practice with the eye to ensuring that parties are not hurting the consumer nor engaging in anti-competitive practices.