About Net Neutrality

Net neutrality is, at its most basic level, the assurance that all data will be treated equally by Internet service providers, or ISPs, such as Comcast or AT&T, regardless of the source. Without net neutrality, it is entirely possible for ISPs to charge companies fees in order to have their content transferred to end-users–people like you or me–at reasonable speeds. (READ MORE)

In 2015, the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, voted in favor of the classification of broadband Internet as a telecommunications service and public utility, thereby granting the government power to regulate ISPs and enforce net neutrality. Prior to the vote, the FCC was inundated with 3.7 million comments on net neutrality, with less than one percent opposed to net neutrality regulation–a record outcry for the FCC.

However, the new FCC chairman under the Trump administration, Ajit Pai, plans to destroy these advances. He plans to make neutrality an optional commitment at best–which is no commitment at all.

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