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Net neutrality law refers to laws and regulations which enforce the principle of net neutrality. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Opponents of net neutrality enforcement claim regulation is unnecessary, because broadband service providers have no plans to block content or degrade network performance. [ 3 ]
Network neutrality, often referred to as net neutrality, is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all Internet communications equally, offering users and online content providers consistent transfer rates regardless of content, website, platform, application, type of equipment, source address, destination address, or method of communication (i.e., without price ...
The ideas underlying net neutrality have a long pedigree in telecommunications practice and regulation. Services such as telegrams and the phone network (officially, the public switched telephone network or PSTN) have been considered common carriers under U.S. law since the Mann–Elkins Act of 1910, which means that they have been akin to public utilities and expressly forbidden to give ...
Lewis said federal law provides the agency authority to implement net neutrality rules. "Congress clearly understood that the commission would have to make these calls," Lewis told the judges.
The ruling did not address state net neutrality laws. Blair Levin, a former top FCC official and policy advisor to New Street Research, said the "the new decision keeps open the door to state action."
The Federal Communications Commission Open Internet Order of 2010 is a set of regulations that move towards the establishment of the internet neutrality concept. [1] Some opponents of net neutrality believe such internet regulation would inhibit innovation by preventing providers from capitalizing on their broadband investments and reinvesting that money into higher quality services for consumers.
The court on July 12 had temporarily placed the net neutrality rules on hold until Aug. 5 as it considered industry legal challenges. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said: “The American public ...
In addition to the net neutrality principle, it provides for an exemption provision for so-called special services. In addition, the behavioural obligations also still found their way into the final version of the Telecommunications Act. [92] Since 2021-01-01, net neutrality has been regulated in Article 12e of the Telecommunications Act. [93]