Tom Wheeler: “My view is that we should not add to the challenges our fellow citizens face in rural America.”

The benefits of IP networks are simply not being realized because for far too many Americans, Next Generation 911 networks don't exist.

We must be vigilant. What we have been doing, as I said before, is playing Whac-a-Mole on this.

The big kick I get is that AT&T and the cable companies have been putting out statements that say, 'This is going to thwart innovation.' And I scratch my head and say, 'My goodness, let's see. When was the last time that competition…

Congresswoman, the reality is that for decades, we have been regulating the use of network information in the telephone network saying a phone company cannot make it available to a third party without the consumers' permission.