The issue focused on the role of the technology in the battle for control of the Internet, and the legal issues that will come with an Internet that is made up of technology and services.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's comments on the issue are also seen as a major break with the previous administration, which had no position on the issue.

"The Internet is the world's most powerful engine of economic growth, social progress, and creative expression. It is the engine of free speech, of free markets