FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has met with several technology companies, including Google, Yahoo and Etsy to discuss the new movements in the net neutrality debate. The meeting was in response to  U.S. President Barack Obama's plan  to reclassify broadband companies under Title II common carrier utility.

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In the meeting, Wheeler disagreed with Obama, clearly not interested in the reclassification. He said - while Obama brought up some good points - he wants a more nuanced approach to the situation. He also pointed out that the FCC answers to the legislative branch - Congress - not the White House.

Essentially, Wheeler is still trying to find the sweet spot between two polar oppositions, in the form of broadband companies and public advocacy groups. One side wants to add toll roads, advertisements and other new features to the Internet, the other wants broadband companies to have no control over the Internet service they supply.

"What you want is what everyone wants: an open Internet that doesn't affect your business", Wheeler said, clearly caving into the pressure from certain networks like Netflix, who already have paid for faster Internet service.

The FCC recently declared they would delay the net neutrality decision until 2015, following the overwhelming backlash over the "hybrid" plan, which would reportedly give too much leeway to broadband companies to effectively set up "fast-lanes" for technology companies.

Several public advocacy groups have said if broadband companies are given this amount of power, they will shut down any new service on the Internet deemed a rival, and could take their own Internet tax from technology companies like Google and Facebook to deliver fast speeds to Internet users.

The battle for net neutrality is also heating up on the Republican side, with several members of Congress speaking out against President Obama's new plan. Ted Cruz called it "The Obamacare of the Internet," which was meant as a negative remark, even though the President's health-care plan has been considered a success.   

TagsFCC, President Obama, Tom Wheeler, Net Neutrality, fast lanes