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CABLE SHOW 2014: FCC’s Wheeler defends net neutrality, instructs MSOs to behave

LOS ANGELES — Delivering a blistering keynote speech at the Cable Show here Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler (right) forcefully restated his agency's commitment to net neutrality and warned U.S. cable operators not to go astray or else."Our goal is rules that will encourage broadband providers to continually upgrade service for all," Wheeler said. "We will follow the court's blueprint for achieving this, and I must warn you that we will look skeptically on exceptions."Most notably, Wheeler, a long-time lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries who once headed the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), warned cable...