Following President Obama’s statement today backing net neutrality rules, the Federal Communications Commission said it won’t consider the issue at its December meeting and will put off rules changes until 2015.

“It has become plain that there is more work to do,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement. FCC spokeswoman Kim Hart added via email that “open Internet rules will not be on the December agenda, [which] means rules would not be finalized until 2015.”

Wheeler said he agreed with the president that the Internet “must remain an open platform for free expression, innovation and economic growth … We both oppose Internet fast lanes.”

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