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News Net neutrality repeal: Now what?

Discussion in 'News @ WindowsBBS' started by Arie, 2017/12/28.

  1. 2017/12/28
    Arie

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    By voting to end net neutrality protections, the FCC is continuing a decade-long game of regulatory ping pong. The ball has come over to the conservative side of the net, but the match isn't over yet.

    The now Republican-controlled FCC repealed the commission's Obama-era rule prohibiting broadband companies from speeding up or slowing down traffic from specific websites and apps. The FCC also eliminated a rule barring internet providers from prioritizing their own content.

    The rules governing the internet will essentially go back to the way they were before 2015: The FCC says it will put up a fight if it determines a broadband company is acting in an anti-competitive manner. But broadband providers will no longer be subject to explicit restrictions on particular types of behavior.

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