Apparently, Wheeler (the FCC chairman) used to work as a lobbyist for the cable and wireless industry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Wheeler_(lobbyist)).
That seems as a bit of a conflict of interest.
That seems as a bit of a conflict of interest.
Most recently, he was a managing director at Core Capital Partners, which is a VC firm that invests in a bunch of internet/cloud computing early-stage companies: http://www.core-capital.com/portfolio.aspx.
Arguably, his strongest bias should be towards internet companies, not against them.