FCC considers hybrid approach to net neutrality

The US Federal Communications Commission appears set to reclassify broadband so that it comes under the agency’s authority, but without explicitly prohibiting special access deals between broadband and content companies, according to a news report. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is mulling this hybrid answer to the knotty “net neutrality” issue, and his proposal would still require a vote of the full five-member commission, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Broadband providers may also challenge in court the move to give the FCC more authority.