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FCC Looks at Ways to Assert Authority Over Web Access
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/2141/011510_MWilson_Julius_Genachowski.large.jpg?1263581748&1263581747 "FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski")
A loss in the Comcast case could undermine the authority of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in his push for net neutrality.
Credit: Mark Wilson / Getty Images
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering aggressive moves to claim its authority over consumer access to the Internet as part of the Obama administration's plan to treat broadband Internet as a national infrastructure similar to phone lines or the broadcast spectrum.
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