WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today that his agency is seeking further public comment to determine whether wireless Internet service providers and “specialized” services should be subject to network neutrality rules.

Matt Wood, Associate Director of Media Access Project, issued the following statement:

“Recent events prove that giant companies left to regulate themselves will craft rules full of loopholes and exceptions that benefit their own interest, not the public interest. The Commission asks the same questions time and time again about wireless broadband services and specialized services, instead of providing basic answers on the basis of the robust record it already has compiled. MAP, other public interest groups, companies, trade associations, and other commenters on all sides of the issue have provided great detail on these topics, both in the Open Internet and Broadband Framework dockets.

“The record demonstrates already that the same framework and openness principles should apply to all broadband access services, even if the rules differ on the basis of legitimate technological differences. The record also shows that the Commission must retain authority over specialized services.”