FCC meets with telcos, ISPs and big Internet players

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is meeting with telecom companies, some big Internet service providers and other interested parties to see if it can cut a deal on net neutrality before it presses ahead with its regulatory plans.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the commission is hoping to see if it can get a compromise that will give the government authority over Internet lines without changing its approach in ways that some in the industry oppose.

Edward Lazarus, the chief of staff at the FCC, has been meeting behind closed-doors with a bunch of lobbyists representing AT&T, Verizon, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, and a few large Internet services companies such as Google and Skype.

There has been a lot of pressure on the FCC to come up with a consensus deal. Some Washington senators have been rallying behind the telecom companies, which have paid a lot of money into campaign coffers.

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