When Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Tom Wheeler’s recent comments on soon-to-be-released proposals for preserving net neutrality slipped into public view, some critics saw the end effect as just the opposite of what was stated – that is, as an attack on net neutrality. Not so, responded the FCC, claiming it aims only to restore neutrality rules recently overturned in court rulings.  Kevin Werbach, Wharton professor of legal studies and business ethics, says in this Knowledge at Wharton interview that the proposals most likely will not threaten net neutrality principles. But he warns that the real danger to the Internet ecosystem in the U.S. is the dearth of competition at the broadband provider level. An edited transcript of the conversation follows. Knowledge at Wharton: We’re going to talk about the suddenly controversial issue of net neutrality and the FCC’s proposals that could affect it. Let’s start with a thumbnail sketch of what net neutrality is.…